Boeing Co.'s third Dreamliner to enter service will land in Tokyo Thursday, capping off the 2011 handovers of the new 787 and 747-8 models that probably fell short of projections.
The scheduled arrival of the All Nippon Airways Co. plane coincides with a Boeing report that will include last year's delivery totals for the Dreamliner and the 747-8 freighter. The combined tally will probably be no more than 12 jets, missing a goal of 15 to 20, said Jason Gursky, a Citigroup Global Markets Inc. analyst.
Both the 787 and the new cargo version of Boeing's iconic jumbo jet missed initial delivery targets, and the jets didn't start reaching customers until late 2011. Last year's deliveries were three 787s and nine 747-8s, the FlightBlogger website reported, citing unidentified sources.