Having battled to return the problematic 737 MAX to the skies, Boeing has recently been facing even more issues with its popular 787 Dreamliners. For several months it failed to deliver a single aircraft. Deliveries only resumed in March, meaning the manufacturer currently has 486 unfilled 787 orders. We’ve taken a look at which airlines are still waiting.
Up until recently, Boeing had as many as 100 undelivered Dreamliners. But deliveries appear to be picking up again, and the manufacturer seems to want to deliver as many aircraft as possible over the coming months. But who are those aircraft going to, and which variant has the most unfilled orders?
According to Boeing’s report, airlines are mostly waiting for the popular 787-9. Boeing has 320 unfilled orders for this variant compared to 126 for the 787-10 and just 40 for the original 787-8. Of the 787-9, the largest order of 31 aircraft is to be delivered to an unidentified customer. The second-largest order for 30 787-9 will go to Emirates. Aer Cap will receive 20 797-9, 17 with the General Electric (GE) engine plus an additional four.
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More unfilled orders
Other significant orders for the 787-9 include American Airlines with 25 and Qatar Airways with 23. Of the unfilled 787-9 orders, only 45 have the Rolls-Royce (RR) engine. Just 76 of the total 486 are the RR with 300 aircraft using the GE engine. The largest GE engine order is the 25 aircraft heading to American. Korean Air still has 10 787-9 unfilled, as does Bamboo Airways and Jet Airways. Turkish Airlines has an order for 11 unfilled.
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