While Boeing announced it would slow the rate at which it builds 787s in mid-July below five per month, some suppliers have halted work and deliveries of large structural sections by at least one major supplier won’t restart until at least October 26.
Dogged by languid demand for twin-aisle aircraft and a spate of inspections, rework and manufacturing quality issues on already-built 787s, a question of the program’s long-term profitability hangs over Boeing. In its decade of deliveries, Boeing has earned back about half of the more than $28 billion in 787 production costs it has consistently reassured Wall Street it will recover.
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