Delta should not wait until 2027 to order 787s. Better to order them now to get a place in line.

Boeing said their goal was to clear the backlog of over 900 deliveries by 2033. Right now they are producing 7 planes a month but trying to get to 16 a month by 2027. Also by 2027 I bet they have another 500 orders. They are already 18 months behind deliveries and the future delivery schedule is just going to get more full as Boeing pipeline is full. Waiting until 2027 to hope that Boeing will cancel other airlines delivery slots and slide Delta in isn't a bet I'd want to make if I was trying to optimize fleet makeup. United originally only ordered 100 planes and got a delivery schedule to 2032, but when we added 50 more firm options, those extra 50 are coming between 2028 and 2031 because Boeing said those were the only open slots they had in their pipeline.

Why not just get more A-350s. They seem to be great planes.