The Wall Street Journal previously reported that Boeing hasn’t handed over a Dreamliner since Jan. 26 off the production line or from dozens of stores awaiting delivery because of a documentation issue.
Boeing shares fell 2.6% in extended trading after the disclosure to close up nearly 1%.
In August, the FAA approved the first 787 for delivery from May 2021, after the planner inspected and approved the modification plan. Boeing promises to deliver 31 787s in 2022 and said last month that it expected to deliver between 70 and 80 787s this year.
Boeing Chief Financial Officer Brian West said on an earnings call last month that “it’s going to take us a little longer” to produce five 787s per month later this year. “But we still see 70 to 80 in the cards,” West said.
Boeing halted deliveries in 2021 after the FAA raised concerns about its proposed inspection method. In September 2020, the FAA said it was investigating manufacturing defects in some 787 jetliners.
The current problem is not related to a previous quality issue involving a gap around the forward pressure bulkhead, which was discovered by the FAA in 2021 and contributed to a delivery stoppage that lasted until August 2022.