Boeing has reduced its 737 and 787 order book by 10 aircraft each, bringing total order reductions across all airplane models to 111 as of Oct. 6 and total net orders to 70.The 787 reduction lowers that type's total order book to 840. The 10 losses are the result of a merger last year by First Choice and TUI, two UK leisure travel specialists, to become Thomson Airways. First Choice held 12 787 orders; TUI had 11. Thomson will keep 13 firm orders plus 13 first rights. They had announced their intention to rationalize their 787 fleets on Sept. 29.
First Choice was the inaugural UK customer for the 787 and based its campaign on the long-range jet, which it expected to receive this year. So its entire travel campaign was thrown off by the delays. On its 787 program, Boeing has taken 83 cancellations this year, plus one last year.
The 737 cancellation is by a single customer that Boeing is not identifying. It is the 16th 737 dropped this year.
But while Boeing lost those 10 orders it added 11 more, though it is not identifying who bought them. As a result, the 737 now has 128 net orders for the year.
This activity is the first Boeing has recorded in a month and brings the year's totals to 181 gross orders, 111 cancellations and 70 net orders.
source: aviationweek.com
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