Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/26/qantas_dreamliner_cancellation/
Qantas cancels $3bn Dreamliner order
Cites 'worsening economic environment'
Posted in Science, 26th June 2009 11:17 GMT
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Oz airline Qantas has cancelled its $3bn order for 15 Boeing 787 Dreamliners [1], the BBC reports.
Qantas said the decision was due to "the worsening economic environment" and not the repeated delays in the 787 programme which was earlier this week knocked back [2] for a fifth time due to "a need to reinforce an area within the side-of-body section of the aircraft".
The airline noted that since it placed the order in 2005, the "operating environment for the world's airlines has clearly changed dramatically". ®