Boeing announced Friday a new postponement of several weeks of the first delivery of its 787 "Dreamliner," he explains by the lack of a reactor of the Rolls-Royce needed for test flights.
The U.S. aircraft manufacturer now expects the first delivery of 787, already delayed over two years since the program launch will take place around the middle of the first quarter of 2011, rather than in the first few weeks of 2011.
The postponement came four weeks after the explosion of a reactor Trent 1000 Rolls-Royce on a test site in Derby, central England, which forced the British group to temporarily close its facilities.
"Changing the date of delivery resulted in a reassessment of the availability of a reactor needed in the final stages of test flights this fall," said Boeing.
He said cooperation with Rolls-Royce to ensure that the reactor in question is available as quickly as possible and assured that the postponement would not affect its earnings forecast.
In turn, a spokesman for Rolls-Royce has announced that the group "working closely with Boeing to accelerate the delivery and conform as much as possible the original schedule.
SETBACKS
For Howard Wheeldon, an analyst at BGC Partners, "even if it is obviously a setback for the program, we do not consider the additional engineering work for Rolls-Royce will likely be necessary as a barrier Major for the 787.
Rolls-Royce's share lost 1.2% in early afternoon at the London Stock Exchange after falling to its lowest level in nearly two months.
Boeing originally planned to deliver the first 787 to All Nippon Airways (ANA) before the end of 2010, but last month it had rejected the delivery of a few weeks, so in early 2011, citing technical difficulties.
ANA has held the new report "regrettable" and said he was eager to know the date of delivery of the second device.
The company has ordered 55 copies of the new model of Boeing. The manufacturer has pledged to deliver eight by April 2011.
The 787, whose design has been marked by an unprecedented use of composite materials, is expected to be more fuel efficient than the current generation of commercial aircraft.
The program of test flights, however, has gone more slowly than expected since the first flight last December.
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