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Boeing Keeps Mum on 787 Output Boost as Wide-Body Jet Sales Slow

June 3, 2016

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Boeing Co. just set a new production record for its 787 Dreamliner. But the U.S. planemaker is keeping mum, for now, on plans to speed output to an even faster pace as demand for wide-body aircraft shows signs of waning.

The U.S. planemaker has yet to decide when to boost the production rate to 14 Dreamliners a month, even with the popular carbon-fiber aircraft sold out through the end of the decade, CEO Dennis Muilenburg said June 2 at the Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference in New York. That call depends on several pending sales campaigns for the plane, he said.

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