At the same time, however, American said it
will delay delivery of an undisclosed number
of two-aisle 787 jets that were scheduled to
begin last month. Those deliveries fell through
because of problems on the production line,
and American said they will now start in the
fourth quarter and run into 2027.
The schedule could change “based on various
potential factors including production delays
by the manufacturer,” American said in a filing.
Boeing has struggled to fix production flaws
in the 787, which it calls the Dreamliner.
Boeing halted deliveries in late 2020, then
briefly resumed them before again stopping
shipments in May 2021.
American said in December that it will drop
some international flights from its summer
2022 schedule because it didn’t receive the
787s that it expected to have in its fleet.