Boeing Feels Tensions With Russia As State Carrier Cuts Plane Order
Russian national airline Aeroflot, in a politically charged move, announced on Thursday that it has cancelled its order for 22 Boeing 787 airliners. The message was delivered by the carrier's deputy general director for strategy and alliances Giorgio Callegari.
"We have exercised our option to terminate the contract on the 787," he said at the Paris International Air Show on Thursday.
The airline executive said the decision was based on analysis of "capacity at the Sheremetyevo airport" and the "sustainability of the fleet development – sustainability in terms of the right mix of widebodies and narrowbodies and network development."
According to Callegari, Aeroflot is "confident that we can meet the original targets" set by the airline's board "in terms of volumes of passengers, t...