Boeing abruptly suspends plans to deliver its first 747-8 freighter to launch customer Cargolux on Monday, saying only that "unresolved issues" are preventing an event for which it had planned considerable hoopla.
We're continuing to work with Cargolux and look forward to delivering these airplanes," said spokesman Jim Proulx. He declined to detail the reasons behind the last-minute hang-up: "We can't discuss the contents of our discussions with our customers."
The plane, Boeing's largest ever, is more than two years late.
Boeing planned to deliver one on Monday, then hold a ceremony with employees Tuesday. A second jumbo freighter delivery to Cargolux was planned for Wednesday.
The plane will enter service two years later than originally planned when the program was launched in fall 2005, mostly because of a late design decision and a cascade of resultant aerodynamic issues.
Boeing has orders for 78 of these jumbo freighter jets.
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