Boeing announced today that it now expects delivery of the 1st 787 Dreamliner to launch customer ANA to be in the 3rd quarter of this year. The much delayed aircraft was last scheduled to begin delivery next month, however an inflight fire on a test aircraft on November 9, which grounded the test fleet, pushed back the schedule. The new delivery date reflects the impact of the fire and includes the time required to produce, install and test updated software and new electrical power distribution panels in the flight test and production airplanes. "This revised timeline for 1st delivery accommodates the work we believe remains to be done to complete testing and certification of the 787," said a Boeing spokesman. "We've also restored some margin in the schedule to allow for any additional time that may be needed to complete certification activities".
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