When they are ready to buy Boeing's new 777X aircraft (Boeing), the Gulf the aviation giant UAE (EMIRA.UL,) and Qatar Airways warned that the Boeing 787 must avoid the error, customer cost millions of dollars, the battery fails.
These fast-growing Gulf Air is expected to be among the first, may be the largest customer, Boeing's latest products, last week submitted to the customer.
"To ensure that they have changed the way I want them to have" Emirates President Tim Clark said, when asked whether the dream of Boeing aircraft crisis has changed the methods and thinking.
"The ashes of the Boeing Sonic Cruiser years ago, came to the Dreamliner, which is any extension of a leap of faith, they have only just begun to stabilize, things went wrong again," Clark said.
UAE is not a Dreamliner customers, but 777 is the world's largest operators of up to 175 aircraft will soon need to be replaced.
Boeing announced that it has started selling upgraded family of aircraft, code-named 777X, sales of long-haul aircraft Airbus launched the game.
Boeing, which has just emerged from a dream crisis, must now be to convince customers, due to grounded Boeing 787 aircraft has lost millions.
Qatar Airways grounded all its five "dream" aircraft from Boeing will receive compensation, CEO Akbar Baker said.
"Everyone needs the risk, but Boeing took a great risk, because they from zero to 100, rather than a leap," Qatar Airways outspoken Seebeck told Reuters reporters in the boat, the first 787 flights from Dubai to Doha last week, battery repair installation.
In addition to Qatar Airways, the fast-growing Gulf airline Etihad Airways has orders for 41 Dreamliners.
"We formed a permanent and comprehensive solution to the problem, we are confident that 787 safe, Jeff Johnson, president of Boeing Middle East, said:" When asked to ensure that the customers of the Gulf region.
Lesson
787 of U.S. regulators last month formally lifted flight restrictions and allow the re-design of the lithium-ion battery system is installed in the airline.
Ethiopian Airlines became the first carrier recovery fly innovation Dreamliner last month followed by All Nippon Airways and Qatar Airways.
The eight airlines currently has Dreamliner, including United Airlines (UAL.N), All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, Air India Limited (AIN.UL), LATAM Airlines Group (LAN.SN) and LOT Polish Airlines (LOT.UL).
From the questioning of the civil aviation authorities last month, Boeing said it will be a more stringent test of the challenges assumptions may change in the future, the analysis of the problem, as more and more facts become known.
"Things will not be so easy for them to now in the United States Boeing learn a lot of 787 self-certification," chiefs "Clark said.
Clark said, aircraft manufacturers have a lot to learn from the fantasy crisis.
"Boeing may not fully ready for all of this (787), but the crisis they have learned a lot about design, metallurgy."
The U.S. company may reconsider its overseas manufacturing.
"They put their faith in supplies from overseas manufacturers, it is expected that they are as good as they want, they will be less inclined to do now," Clark said.
The industry is learning from the Dreamliner experience, also promoted the field, such as aircraft propeller, engine technology, batteries and other much harder.
Baker said: "Like every new product will be continuous improvement.
"Boeing has a permanent solution, but now as the development of new technology, so the new battery, it may not lithium-ion battery, it may be something else, I'm sure that Boeing will seek to improve the battery."
777X buy
Boeing now offers a new 400-seat version of the 777, known as the 777-9X, 777-8X, will have the longest range of more than 9,300 nautical miles (17,200 km), said talks Friday
United Arab Emirates and Qatar Airways Boeing said about these products. Management of the two airlines made a statement.
Baker said he was very keen to 8X and 9X version of the plane, the UAE Clark said, the new aircraft suited to their requirements specifications. Clark has hinted at plans to replace its fleet of 175 Boeing 777 and 777X.
However, despite the interest of the airlines also worried about the problems with the Dreamliner may result in Boeing plans to push.
Cash outflow management must be very difficult, "Clark said.
"Cash risk is a tricky out the door, they are also trying to get other programs."
"Aircraft, which they believe could cost $ 6 to $ 1 billion (385 million to 642 million pounds), and now has more than two billion U.S. dollars."
Stop flights Dreamliner Boeing estimated at a cost of U.S. $ 600 million, and force it to stop delivery.
 
 



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