From what I know that was never confirmed, only rumoured after Aeroflot started reconsidering their 787 and A350 orders. Even if that new schedule was already firmed, it is not a bad thing for Boeing able to offer more slots in 2019 and 2020, these are already scarce and as I said for the 787 this is 'relatively early'.LJ wrote: These are not early delivery slots. The delivery was already delayed to 2019 - 2022, thus these are not early slots.
I never said all airlines hold back ordering far in the future, I'm just saying that a lot of airlines are not keen on ordering A350's or 787's with deliveries only from 2020-onwards, as is the case with the Garuda order (at least for the 787's, didn't read anything about the first A350 delivery).LJ wrote: I guess that GA doesn't have that problem with their MoUs or LoIs of 30 787s and 30 A350s.
It is just plain reality that full production schedules make it more difficult to sell aircraft. Not all airlines are willing to commit to multi-billion orders at for at least 5 years in the future. Besides, for many it is easier to look on the leasing market, lots of A350's and 787's with pre-2020 delivery dates are to be delivered to leasing companies that don't have fixed customers yet for al of them.