Boeing wants to delay delivery of new Air Force One jets by a year
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By Chris Isidore, CNN Business
Boeing is seeking a one-year delay in its deadline to deliver two new 747 jets to be used as Air Force One.
And that would mean added costs for taxpayers.
The aircraft manufacturer signed a $3.9 billion deal for the presidential planes with the Air Force in 2018. The planes are currently due to be delivered in 2024.
Now Boeing says it need additional time, and probably more money, too. It’s blaming the delays and increased costs on both Covid-19 and its firing of a now-bankrupt subcontractor which had been doing much of the jets’ interior work.
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