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Qantas, Cancel Purchase 15 Boeing Dreamliners
Australian airline, Qantas, on Friday (26 / 6) states to cancel the purchase of 15 Boeing 787 Dreamliners worth U.S. $ 3 billion. Qantas reason given is because the company had to adjust the various expenditures in accordance with current global economic situation. In a statement, Qantas said it has decided to cancel the purchase of 15 units of Boeing 787-9s (Dreamliner), which is scheduled to begin shipping in 2014 until 2015 the next. Thus Qantas orders Boeing 787-9s to now only 50 units tersia from 65 units in the initial order.
President Director of Qantas, Alan Joyce said that the cancellation was not due to and influenced by the decline of Boeing’s first test flight this week’s series because of the design. Boeing Parties to the present have been recorded five times a postponement inaugural test flight Boeing 787-9s, the largest aircraft in the world, citing the plane improvement of the structure. ”Qantas has ordered Boeing 787 state-9s in December 2005. But after that, operating airlines in the world was changed dramatically according to the conditions in the field,” said Alan. Earlier, Qantas and Boeing signed an agreement to delay delivery of the aircraft for four years.But not inevitable that the present order is canceled by Qantas. ”The resignation earlier order was sad, but we remained on our commitment to using the right aircraft for the planned expansion in the future,” said Alan. Qantas belt tightening can also be seen from the plan flung the airline employee layoffs Kangaroo country of origin until 1750 people in the future.
