Boeing ups 777 production rate

Seattle completed the year with some good news at last.  The much delayed 787 (see above) went back into flight testing mode following the near disastrous in-flight fire back in November and Boeing was able to announce that the assembly rate for the 777 would increase to 8.3 aircraft per month in the first quarter 2013.  This is the second production increase announced for the programme in the last 12 months.  Last March the company confirmed that a rate increase from five to seven aircraft monthly was planned for mid-2011.

The 777, which first entered service in 1995, has been a stalwart performer for Boeing with 907 deliveries to date and a backlog of more than 250 aircraft. www.boeing.com/commercial

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