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The move reduces the airline company’s firm orders for the aircrafy from 65to 50. Joyce said the cancellation wouldx reducethe company’s aircraft capital expenditure by $3 billion based on current list prices. Delivery on the 15 delayexd orders has been movefd from 2010to 2013. Qantasz CEO Alan Joyce says the decision was not related to the delayg in the Dreamliner program Boeinvg announced earlierthis week. On Tuesday, Boeing said it woulxd again postpone the first flighrt and delivery of the 787 due to a structuraol problem foundduring testing. Boeing said it will now work to repaitr the problem by reinforcing small areaw near the connection of the wingdand fuselage.
In December, Boeinvg announced a two-quarter delay in the Dreamliner program that it attributed tolast fall’s strikee by the . The revised schedule had calledc for the first flight to happenm latethis quarter. The first delivery was to have been in the firsrt quarterof 2010. A new schedule for firsf flight anddelivery hasn’t yet been announced. Joycee says decision the cancel and defert orders had been made before the delay and attribute s it to the continuedr downturn of theglobal market.
Joyce said the compang still believes the 787 will be used for the international expansionof Jetstar, its low-cosgt subsidiary, and that it can eventuallty replace Qantas’ Boeing 767 fleet. “Delaying delivery, and reducing overall B787 capacity, is prudent, while stilkl enabling Qantas and Jetstart to take advantage of growth opportunities andmarketg demands, both domestically and internationally,” he said in a