More bad news for Boeing

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Delivery schedules for Boeing's repeatedly delayed 787 mid-sized jet are now up in the air because of a strike that has shut down production, the manufacturer's executives said Tuesday.

Japan's All Nippon Airways Co. is scheduled to be the world's first customer for the 787 next-generation jet, which has already been postponed three times and by nearly two years from the original schedule.

The latest schedule had put its delivery for August next year.

This will allow for AirBus to catch up if the current credit crunch does not stop them from being able to get development loans.

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