Boeing expects slower production increase of 787 Dreamliner because of parts shortages

Boeing
told
employees
on
Monday
that
it
expects
a
slower
increase
in
production
and
deliveries
of
new
787
Dreamliner
planes
because
of
supplier
shortages
of “a
few
key
parts.”

Boeing
has
already
slowed
down
deliveries
and
output
of
its

737
Max
planes
in
the
aftermath
of
a
near
catastrophe
in
January
when
a

door
plug
blew
out
from
one
of
the
jetliners
mid-flight.

The
company
had
separately
been
trying
to
boost
output
of
787
Dreamliners
after
quality
problems
suspended
deliveries
for
nearly
two
years,

ending
in
mid-2022.

“We
continue
to
take
steps
to
improve
the
overall
health
of
our
production
system,
putting
into
action
your
ideas
for
improving
safety,
first-pass
quality,
training,
performing
more
work
in
sequence
and
ensuring
our
teams
have
the
necessary
resources
to
excel,”
said
Scott
Stocker,
787
vice
president
and
general
manager,
in
a
memo
to
staff
at
Boeing’s
South
Carolina
787
plant.

Stocker
said
Boeing
is
still
facing
supplier
shortages.

“To
that
end,
we
have
shared
with
our
customers
that
we
expect
a
slower
increase
in
our
rate
of
production
and
deliveries,”
he
wrote
in
the
memo,
reported
earlier
by
Reuters,
adding
that
the
company
still
plans
to
increase
the
rate
steadily
because
of
high
demand.

Boeing
was
producing
about
five
787
Dreamliners
per
month
as
of
late
last
year
and
said
in
January
it
aimed
to
get
up
to
10
a
month
as
early
as
next
year.

Boeing
is
set
to
report
quarterly
results
and
will
likely
detail
its
production
plans
before
the
market
opens
on
Wednesday.