I would hate to be the person at an airline who is in charge of acquiring new aircraft types. They've got to juggle the time that the carrier needs the new product with the delivery schedule promised by the manufacturer - and then explain to their CEO why the aircraft is going to be delayed. It appears that any new type introduced in the last ten years has been late - or is forecast to be late. The Airbus A380 and Boeing 787 Dreamliner have been high-profile examples of this, but it appears that other types in the pipeline are also suffering. In Japan, the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) has just announced a delay - or what the company calls "a revamped schedule".
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