Qantas defers, cancels 787 orders

Qantas announced on June 26 that it was deferring its order for 15 Boeing 787-8s by four years and is cancelling orders for 15 of the larger 787-9s.

Qantas says that decision was not influenced by the latest first flight delay (see p18), noting it has been working with Boeing on the changes to its order for some months, and indeed the 787 cancellations and deferrals were flagged when Qantas announced in April it was slowing A380 and 737-800 deliveries.