Air canada's b787's are due to enter service 2010. Are all going to be delivered to them that year or what?...

Question

All I want to know is how do the aircraft manufacturers deliver planes to airlines. Do they give them deliveries all at once or one per year pr what? Please explain to me. I'm confused. Thanks.

Answer 1

Air Canada had an initial order for 37 B787 and options for 23. They have exercised those options, so after all deliveries have taken place, they'll have 60 B787s to replace their 767s.

When it says that they will start flying in 2010, it means the first 787 that Air Canada receives will be in 2010. They will likely not receive all their deliveries that year, but instead get them over the next few years depending on their delivery slots.

Boeing plans on producing a total of 109 aircraft in 2008 and 2009 and after that, producing between 10-16 aircraft per month starting in 2010.

Here's a list of the total orders http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Boe...

Production Slots are determined in the contracts. I was not able to find one for the 787, but here's one for the A380 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Air...

As you can see, certain airlines have their orders at roughly the same time period, but they do not get them all at the exact same time. Airplanes are usually delivered every couple of weeks depending on the production slots.

An airline wouldn't want to get all their new aircraft at the exact same time. Getting a new aircraft requires a certain amount of checks and training for different employees of the airline, so they'd want to increase their numbers gradually.

So, short answer. I don't know the exact time frame as to when Air Canada will receive all their 787s, but it will likely be over a few years with a new plane every few weeks after the initial delivery.

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Answer 2

Generally they are speaking of when they will accept the first aircraft.  In the months before the formal acceptance the airline and manufacturer will work together to make sure the aircraft is to spec - and the delivery date is when the aircraft is available to work.  The contract will then specify the roll out schedule for the remaining aircraft.  It could be months or years depending on the airline plan.

Answer 3

Nope deliveries can usually be spread out over a period of 2yrs. Airlines don't usually get all their planes at once and since Air Canada has about 20+ planes on order, deliveries will probably stretch into 2011.

Answer 4

hopefully yes. dont want history a380 to repeat itself which delayed 2 years.

they only deliver probaly a few for its first batch of production and subsequently more with the following batches