Boeing Open to Raising 787 Output Again to Shrink Backlog
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Boeing Co. Chief Executive Officer James McNerney is open to another increase in production rates for the 787 Dreamliner so the world’s largest planemaker can shrink a backlog of 840 jets.
A faster tempo would give Boeing a chance to attract new customers, McNerney said today an interview, as waiting times now run six years or more. Output is already supposed to double in 2013 to 10 a month, and he didn’t give a possible goal.