Boeing
Boeing Will Raise 787 Production
The AP (3/10, Freed) reports Boeing "is putting its new 787 through an aggressive flight-testing schedule, with the fourth plane set to begin test flights on Sunday." Jim Albaugh, chief executive of the commercial airplane division, speaking to investors, "said the testing program got off to a slow start after the plane first flew in December. But there's one month to six weeks extra built into the testing schedule in case of other delays, he said." The company now predicts the 787 will be cleared for FAA officials to fly with the planes by the end of the month. "Boeing needs to produce 787s faster than it has any other large plane. ... Right now Boeing is making two per month, and should be up to two-and-a-half by August, Albaugh said." Bloomberg News (3/10, Ray) also reports the story.
