美国飞机制造商波音公司1月31日公布,去年全年,波音公司营业额达到创纪录的817亿美元(约合人民币5081亿元),同比增长18.92%,上一年同期为687亿美元。波音公司董事长、总裁兼首席执行官詹姆斯·迈克纳尼(James McNerney)表示,公司在2013年的第一要务是解决787的电池问题。
The new plane’s powerful electrical system does more work than those on earlier jets and has an intricate,many-tiered chain of suppliers.Boeing bills the 787 as a “more-electric”airplane.The electricity in flight is provided by six generators.It also carries two lithium-ion batteries,the focus of the recent incidents that have grounded the 787 fleet.
新飞机强有力的电子系统比早先的飞机发挥更大的作用,具有错综复杂的、多层级的供应链。波音将787定位为更为电气化飞机。六个发电机提供电力。同时还有两个锂离子电子,这是最近引起787停飞的主要故障点(《西雅图时报》)。
Company engineers blame the 787’s outsourced supply chain,saying that poor quality components are coming from subcontractors that have operated largely out of Boeing’s view.
公司工程师指责787的外包供应链,声称零部件质量差归咎于次级合约商,这些合约商的行为远非波音能监测到。(《西雅图时报》)
彭博社周五报道指出,美国对波音787梦幻客机电池起火事故的调查可能会长达数月,这也使得这种目前波音公司最先进的客机解除禁飞令重返天空变得遥遥无期。
ANA,Asia’s top airline by revenue, lost more than $15 million in revenue from having to cancel Dreamliner flights last month. Earlier this week it said it was unclear as to when Boeing’s sophisticated new plane would resume commercial flights,making it harder to predict the longer-term financial impact of having the plane idle.
全日空,这个亚洲收入最高的航空公司,自从上个月取消梦想客机航班以来已经损失了1500万美元的收入。本周早些时候,该公司表示,它对于波音787这一高精尖的新型飞机何时能够恢复航班仍不清楚,因此对于这一飞机空置长期而言会造成什么样的影响还难以预测。(路透社)
ANA is prepared to recoup from Boeing whatever damages it suffers from flight cancellations and other costs caused by the worldwide grounding of 787 jets。
全日空正准备从波音公司获得关于航班取消和其它由于787停飞而造成的损失的补偿。(《今日日本》)
ANA has canceled close to 850 flights until February 18,affecting over 82,000 passengers. The Dreamliner makes up around 7 percent of ANA’s fleet,and the airline normally operates around 1,000 flights a day and carries 3.7 million passengers each month.
全日空到2月18日为止共取消了850次航班,影响到超过82000名乘客。梦想客机约占全日空飞机总数的7%,该公司每天大约有1000次航班,每月载客数高达370万。(路透社)
尽管波音787停飞造成了全日空的损失,不过这家公司并未停止从波音的飞机进口。
Japan’s ANA is in talks with U.S. aircraft maker Boeing Co to speed up the delivery of three 777 jetliners as its fleet of 787 Dreamliner airplanes remains grounded with undiagnosed battery problems,the Nikkei newspaper said on Sunday.
日本经济新闻2月3日报道说,日本全日空的787梦想客机仍然因电池问题在停飞中,但该公司仍在和波音公司商谈3架波音777喷气客机的加速交付问题。(路透)
另外,印度航空部长阿吉特辛(Ajit Singh)2月1日表示,波音公司有责任向印度航空因安全原因停飞名下所有的787梦幻客机而作出赔偿。波兰国有的LOT航空公司早些时候也表示,将会因为名下两架787客机的停运要求波音公司作出赔偿。