Boeing (BA) delays Dreamliner by six months, stock slides 3%


Boeing Dreamliner 787The Associated Press reports that The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) has announced that it's delaying the shipment of its 787 Dreamliner from May 2008 to November 2008. The culprit? Unspecified manufacturing problems.

Boeing CEO Jim McNerney was disappointed with new schedule and said, "Notwithstanding the challenges that we are experiencing in bringing forward this game-changing product, we remain confident in the design of the 787, and in the fundamental innovation and technologies that underpin it."

It will be interesting to see how Boeing will be able to meet the new deadline without "materially affect[ing] its earnings or guidance for next year." Meanwhile, with its stock down 3%, the market appears skeptical of this claim.

Peter Cohan is president of Peter S. Cohan & Associates. He also teaches management at Babson College and edits The Cohan Letter. He has no financial interest in Boeing.

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