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To recoup the deferred costs and earn its goal of a "low single-digit" overall profit margin, Boeing has to make an average profit of more than $50 million on the final 205 airplanes of the accounting block to be delivered from 2020: a profit margin of more than 30% while the mature Boeing 737 and 777 programs have 20% to 25% margins.
In December 2006, Boeing announced the 747 LCF would be named Dreamlifter, a reference to the 787's name, Dreamliner. It unveiled a standard livery for the aircraft that included a logo reminiscent of the 787's Dreamliner logo. [29] Certification was initially planned for early 2007, but was pushed back to June 2007.
Boeing wanted to deliver 170 -300s by 2006 and to produce 28 per year by 2002, to replace early Boeing 747s, burning one-third less fuel with 40% lower maintenance costs. [ 207 ] With a 660,000 lb (299 t) MTOW and 90,000 lbf (400 kN) engines, it has a range of 6,005 nautical miles (11,121 km; 6,910 mi) with 368 passengers in three-class. [ 182 ]
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The company also said problems with the 787 will add $2 billion in unusual production costs, double the earlier projection. Boeing posts $4 billion loss tied to problems with 787 jet Skip to main ...
The Boeing Everett Factory, officially the Everett Production Facility, is an airplane assembly facility operated by Boeing in Everett, Washington, United States. It sits on the north side of Paine Field and includes the largest building in the world by volume at over 472 million cubic feet (13,400,000 m 3 ), which covers 98.3 acres (39.8 ha).
The 15% that Boeing spends includes all costs, from the raw materials to operating the factories to the labor. So, paying the 33,000 production workers amounts to just a low single-digit ...