On Friday, Deutsche Lufthansa AG (ETR:LHA)’s spokesman has stated that The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) has handed over its first Boeing 777F freighter aircraft to the airline following the minor repairs to the left wing.
The airline cargo unit has planned to launch the aircraft on first November, but the airline has to delay the ceremony due to this fault. The company statement also revealed that the aircraft will marked its initial commercial flight on Friday to Frankfurt from Everett/Washington.
The spokesman added on November 19 that the aircraft is due to fly to JFK Airport. While a handover schedule take place on 29 October. The fault that arises in the plane on the left wing gives extra raise to the aircraft at slower speeds, so the airline suggest that the slats needed to be fixed. Lufthansa has demanded 5 777F jets, with each approximately cost $300 million at list prices.
The US biggest cargo aircraft manufacturer delay the deliver to the airline, as the company new Dreamliner 787 is facing have a lot of problems and as it is sought these problems so the delivery of other aircraft are also effecting with it.
The aircraft manufacturer has so far deliver 1,000 of its 777 freighter, which was first delivered in 2009 and was in service since the 1990s. The aircraft carry the same wing as carry by its 777 passenger aircraft.
While on Friday, the US aircraft manufacturer has stated that it was prepared to re-analyze other options for the assembly for its 777X, if local politicians and workers do not approve the company plans to manufacture its aircrafts in the Seattle area, where formally the company manufacture its planes.
The company spokesman statement also said, the entire options are available for discussion, both from the company side as well as from union workers. As the company opt for Puget Sound initially, and if the company does not received a complete approval from legislature as well as union, than it will left with no other choice but to switch to other option. The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) share fell -1.19% to $131.51 in last trading session.