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Norwegian og Boeing 787 Dreamliner er to navne der i den seneste tid ofte har været omtalt i medierne i forbindelse med forsinkelser og tekniske problemer.
Men hvad er det der gør at netop Norwegian har haft så mange problemer når der er leveret mere end 170 fly af typen Boeing 787 Dreamliner til flyselskaber over hele verden? Vi spurgte David Kaminski-Morrow, redaktør hos Flight International, flybranchens ledende tidsskrift der har godt kendskab til de problemstillinger der har ramt Norwegian:
“My impression is that a number of airlines operating the 787 have experienced the sort of reliability issues that accompany any new type into service, and especially an aircraft which departs – substantially in some respects – from the design architecture of previous models.
Norwegian chose to embark on a new business model, namely low-cost long-haul operations, and placed a brand new aircraft type at the centre of this – a combination which brings particular pressure regarding reliability, especially in the early stages when the fleet has not reached a size that would give a degree of flexibility to react to problems. In short, the strategy was bold but risky. Norwegian naturally courted publicity for its leap into long-haul services, but the flip-side is that it brought a lot of adverse attention to the teething problems.
Norwegian isn’t the only airline to have had technical snags with the 787, and even Boeing has acknowledged that the aircraft’s reliability is taking longer than intended to reach a satisfactory level. But a large, well-established airline experienced in long-haul operations is more likely to have the flexibility and capability to absorb the disruption.”
I korthed siger David at problemerne der har ramt Norwegian ikke er unikke, men at flere flyselskaber er blevet ramt og Boeing selv har erkendt at pålideligheden har været lavere end man havde håbet på. Samtidigt påpeger han at større og mere etablerede flyselskaber der har større erfaring med langdistanceflyninger har mere fleksibilitet og bedre mulighed for at håndtere situationen.
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