Boeing China issued a statement on International Finance News to deny the rumor that the Chicago-based company will delay its 787 planes delivery. The rumor swirled around the global market following Airbus' announcement of the delay of its A380 delivery. Boeing confirmed the punctual operation of the 787 planes as scheduled.

The statement says Boeing 787 is still under development and the contingencies so far in this period is in their expectation. It affirms that similar problem are unavoidable in the R&D stage, as what has been shown by their experienced in other airplane project.

The delay was first reported by Business Week. According to Business Week, the recent test on the nose of the plane found the overall weight of the aircraft is much heavier than expectation and there is flaw in the design of communication software. If these problems can not be solved timely and effectively, they will threaten the safety of the aircraft. So Boeing had to make technical improvement and carry out test again, which would result in the delay of 787 Dreamliners delivery originally scheduled in 2008.

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