787 Update Set For Wednesday

Boeing Executives to Provide Update About 787 Dreamliner Program Monday April 7, 1:55 pm ET

CHICAGO, April 7, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boeing (NYSE: BA - News) will webcast a 787 Dreamliner briefing on Wednesday, April 9, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time.

Boeing Commercial Airplanes President and Chief Executive Officer Scott Carson and Vice President/General Manager, 787 Program, Pat Shanahan will discuss progress to date on the new commercial airplane.

FlightBlogger will be covering the call live. Part two of the Gulfstream/Honeywell feature will be released later today so Wednesday can be devoted to the update.

Update 3:19 PM: Seattle PI is reporting that sources tell the newspaper an additional 6 month delay or longer is being announced.