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schrieb am 23.01.13 23:06:39
Hallo zusammen,
mich wundert es, dass sich hier keiner Gedanken um die Folgen des
letzten grossen Boeing 787 Events macht. Meiner Meinung nach stehen
die Chancen mit einem short auf Boeing nun extrem gut (viel Luft
nach unten und upside Risiko gering).
Facts:
1. Nahezu Stillschweigen seit dem Grounding der kompletten Flotte,
bzw. nur sehr vage Äußerungen.
2. Boeing hat sich definitiv zu weit aus dem Fenster gelehnt,
safety first gilt anscheinend nicht mehr, denn Boeing hat der Li
Ion Batterie mit LiCoO2 Kathode den Vorrang gegeben anstatt die
(fast) risikolosen LiFePo4 zu verbauen.
3. Es scheint ein Systemfehler zu sein, denn die zwei Zwischenfälle
sind nicht auf ein schlechtes Liefer-batch der Batterien
zurückzuführen (Feuer in Boston war bei L/N84 ausgeliefert am
20/12/2012, und Überhitzung in Takamatsu war bei L/N9, ausgeliefert
am 14/1/2012).
4. Die bisherigen vagen Aussagen der FAA und NTSB deuten auf zwei
verschiedene (!) Fehler hin, das verkompliziert die Sache
extrem.
Mein persönlicher Tipp:
Resultat wird sein, Li Ion Batterien mit LiCoO2 Kathode nicht
handelbar in Flugzeugen, zu risikoreich, werden verbannt werden.
Ersatz entweder durch die guten alten NiCd Akkus (wahrscheinlich)
oder durch LiFePo4 (weniger wahrscheinlich). Die große Frage ist
allerdings, ob das ganze System überhaupt mit NiCd funktionieren
kann. Wenn nicht, dann hat Boeing ein Riesenproblem, dann reden wir
nicht von einigen Monaten sondern wahrscheinlich 1.5 – 2 Jahren
Verzug.
Die Auswirkungen:
1. Extreme Lieferverspätungen, mehrere Monate, zu zahlende
Vertragsstrafen.
2. Entgangener Gewinn zu zahlen an die Airlines für die 50
gegroundeten Flieger.
3. Zusatzkosten für die Retrofits sobald die Lösung gefunden ist,
es müssen dann mind. 100 Flugzeuge umgerüstet werden.
4. Imageschaden …
5. Je nachdem wie lange das ganze dauert kommen Milliarden
zusammen, nicht Millionen …
Und ansonsten:
Obama wird wohl demnächst ein bissel sparen müssen bei seinem
Militär-Budget, das ist auch nicht gut für Boeing …
Was ist eure Meinung?
schrieb am 25.01.13 11:06:09
Hallo,
BA hat noch ca.10 Milliarden $ cash und hat bis jetzt mit Käufen
den Kurs oben gehalten. Nach der Devise, nur keine Schwäche zeigen,
sonst shorten die institutielen Anleger massiv.
Die Frage ist jetzt:wie lange dauert es noch oder in other
words,wann ist das Geld alle.
schrieb am 25.01.13 23:38:25
Hallo Calcolatore,
danke erstmal für Deinen Faden zu Boeings Batterieproblem. Vor ein
paar Tagen habe ich auch begonnen, mich damit zu beschäftigen. Ich
muss sagen, Du hast den Wissensstand, wie er aus den unzähligen
Pressemitteilungen herauszufiltern ist, sehr verständlich
zusammengefasst.
Zusätzlich zu den angesprochenen Problemen, ist am verwendeten
Batterietyp neu, daß eine große Anzahl von Einzelzellen, nämlich
gleich 8 Stück, in Reihe geschaltet werden und dabei die
individuellen Charakteristiken der Einzelzellen gewissermaßen
kaschiert werden. D.h. durch die hohe Zahl von Zellen kann beim
Aufladen und Entladen des Batterieblocks eine einzelne Zelle schon
im Laufe weniger Ladezyklen degradieren, während die anderen Zellen
deutlich länger "fit" bleiben. Es entsteht dann ein
Ungleichgewicht. Ein Problem, dem man z.B. auch in
Brennstoffzellenstapeln begegnet. Dort freilich sind die
Auswirkungen auf einen geringeren Wirkungsgrad beschränkt und
führen nicht zum Versagen des Zellenstapels.
Mit dem von Boeing beschriebenen Verfahren zur kontrollierten
Schnellaufladung und sicheren Entladung ist die Degradation einer
Einzelzelle nicht detektierbar. So könnte es also sein, daß die
Messelektronik keine Überspannung feststellt, und zwar im Verbund
der in Reihe geschalteten Zellen, es jedoch in einer einzelnen
Zelle sehr wohl zur Überladung kommt, mit der entsprechenden
fortschreitenden Degradation. Irgendwann im Betrieb kann es dann
durch thermische Schäden am Separator zum Versagen der Einzelzelle
kommen, dem gefürchteten thermischen Durchgehen ("thermal
runaway").
Allerdings kann es sein, daß Boeing nicht alle technischen Details
zum Ladesystem offenbart hat und daß sehr wohl jede Einzelzelle
individuell überwacht wird. Doch selbst wenn es so wäre, bleibt das
prinzipielle Gefahrenpotential der Lithium-Komponenten erhalten.
Ein Feuer in einem Lithium-Ionen-Akkumulator unterhält sich selbst,
auch ohne Zufuhr von Sauerstoff von außen. Mit Wasser ist eine
brennende Lithiumbatterie leider auch nicht zu löschen. Die ganze
Einheit müsste im Brandfall isoliert werden, den austretenden
brennbaren Elektrolyt müsste man auffangen, die Einbaukammer mit
Inertgas fluten etc. Alles Maßnahmen, zu denen man seitens Boeing
nichts hört. Hier treten aus meiner Sicht Mängel im
Sicherheitskonzept zu Tage. Seitens Boeing ging man offenbar davon
aus, mit der elektronischen Überwachung den Akku völlig im Griff zu
haben und eine Brand in jedem Fall ausschließen zu können, so daß
man auf ernstzunehmende Maßnahmen zur Eindämmung eines
Batteriebrandes verzichten könne. Fraglich ob dieses Konzept einer
erneuten Überprüfung standhalten wird. Übrigens, das immerhin
geplante Absaugen der Rauchgase hat wohl auch nicht wie geplant
funktioniert, denn sowohl die Piloten als auch die Kabinencrew
hatten von Rauchgeruch berichtet. Also, da liegt wohl einiges im
Argen, beim Sicherheitskonzept wie auch bei der konstruktiven
Ausführung der in ihrem Umfang ohnehin schon unzureichend
erscheinenden Sicherheitsvorrichtungen.
Bedenklich aus meiner Sicht auch, daß die Einzelzellen der Batterie
eine sehr große aktive Fläche aufweisen. Die brauchen sie, denn nur
so ist die erforderliche Kapazität erreichbar. D.h. aber auch, daß
in der Produktion wirklich nicht der kleinste Fehler bei der
Montage des empfindlichen und weniger als 50µm dicken Separators
zwischen den Elektroden unterlaufen darf. Und das auf der ganzen
abgewickelten Länge über die ganze Breite der Zelle.
Produktionstechnisches Neuland.
Ähnliche Probleme waren ja vor ein paar Jahren bei Notebook-Akkus
noch geläufig. Inzwischen hat man sie im wesentlichen im Griff,
aber auch nur, weil man auf millionenfach, automatisch produzierte
Standardzellen setzt. Die mehr einer Manufaktur ähnelnde Fertigung
des Herstellers GS Yuasa, der die Batterien an Boeing geliefert
hat, kann nicht die gleichen hohen Qualitätsanforderungen
erfüllen.
Geht eine kleine Zelle durch, so ist der Schaden i.d.R. gut
eindämmbar. Bei einer großen Zelle gelingt das nicht mehr. Es kommt
zur chemischen Kettenreaktion, die auf Grund der starken
Wärmefreisetzung auch die benachbarten Zellen in Brand setzt.
Die tatsächlichen Ursachen des Batterieversagens liegen natürlich
noch weitgehend im Dunkeln. Aber man kann immerhin ein weites Feld
möglicher Ursachen ausmachen, das täglich an Raum zu gewinnen
scheint. Im Verdacht stehen in erster Linie Komponenten der
Batterie, aber auch das Lade- und Entladesystem. Das wird die
Arbeit von Boeing und seinen Zulieferern nicht vereinfachen. Alles
scheint auf umfangreiche und die Grundlagen der verwendeten Technik
berührende Untersuchungen hinzudeuten. Selbst das chemische
Verhalten des Elektrolyten bei wechselnden Drücken dürfte nur
unzureichend bekannt sein. Es würde mich jedenfalls nicht
überrascen, wenn eingehende Untersuchungen seitens unabhängiger
Experten gefordert werden. Bis zur endgültigen Lösung könnten also
leicht Monate vergehen, da stimme ich mit Calcolatore überein.
Meine Meinung zu dem Handling des Problems unterscheidet sich aber
ein wenig von der o.g. Einschätzung. Die Behörden werden alles tun,
um den Schaden für Boeing so gering wie möglich zu halten. Notfalls
wird dies nach einigen ausführlichen und positiv verlaufenden
Bodentests zur Aufhebung des Flugverbots führen. Wahrscheinlich
unter der Auflage, die Batterien häufiger zu warten bzw. durch neue
zu wechseln. Oder man reduziert die Ladespannung bei gleichzeitiger
Verringerung des Entladeniveaus. Die nutzbare Kapazität des Akkus
würde dadurch zwar verringert, die Gefahr des thermischen
Durchgehens aber auch.
Was den Aktienkurs von Boeing angeht, und um den dreht es sich hier
ja eigentlich, muss man bewundernswerte Stabilität konstatieren.
Gelassenheit der Anleger, Sturheit gar? Vielleicht auch nur
Kurspflege, gespeist aus einer prall gefüllten Portokasse des
Unternehmens, das zur negativen Presse nicht auch noch rote
Vorzeichen am Aktienkurs sehen möchte. Eine Weile mag die Marke von
75 USD zu halten sein, aber sollte der flügellahme Dreamliner
längere Zeit am Boden bleiben, ohne verbindlichen Zeitplan für eine
Wiederaufnahme des Flugbetriebs, so dürfte die von Boeing
gestartete Imagekampagne samt Kursstütze rasch an Wirkung einbüßen.
Kippt die Stimmung eines großen Teils der Anleger, dann könnte es
auch beim Aktienkurs von Boeing zu einem "thermischen Durchgehen"
kommen.
Der Markt wird Boeing für die Problemlösung vielleicht ein paar
Wochen zugestehen. Aber auch ein paar Monate? Wohl kaum. Die Frage
ist, wo der Wendepunkt in dieser Entwicklung liegt. Denn daran wäre
eine entsprechende Short-Spekulation festzumachen. Oder man setzt
darauf, daß es angesichts der gravierenden technischen Probleme
unweigerlich zum Kurssturz kommen wird und daran weder die
Kurspflege noch die Protektion durch die Aufsichtsbehörden etwas
ändern werden.
Ein Spiel "David gegen Goliath", bei dem dem Riesen plötzlich die
Puste ausgehen könnte.
schrieb am 26.01.13 11:03:40
@Dives:
stimme dir im grossen und ganzen zu, aber Boeing hat garantiert
eine Einzelzellenueberwachung mit drin, falls nicht waere das
fahrlaessig. Man sieht das meiner Meinung auch am verbrannten
Kabelsalat auf der Oberseite der Zellen, das muessten die balancer
Kabel sein.
@AdolsStreinbrueck:
Boeing hatte Ende 2012 nur 260 millionen $ netto Geldbestand, wenn
die im grossen Stil Aktien zureckkaufen wollen, koennen sie bald
ihre Lieferanten nicht mehr bezahlen ...
@all:
seltsam dass 2011 die Lithium Ion Batterie der CJ4 sofort aus dem
Verkehr gezogen worden ist, Zwangsumstellung auf NiCd ohne
Diskussion. Wahrscheinlich ist, dass das bei der B787 nicht so
einfach geht, mehr Strombedarf denke ich mal, und abgesehen vom
Mehrgewicht der NiCd duerfter die laengere Ladezeit zu zu langen
Bodenzeiten fuehren => nicht akzeptabel fuer die Airlines. Die
CJ4 Batterie war angeblich zusammen mit A123 entwickelt worden,
also muesste es eine LiFePo4 gewesen sein, wenn selbst diese
relativ sichere Zelle versagt hat... dann gute Nacht!
Aloha!
schrieb am 26.01.13 13:57:16
Hallo,
Danke für Eure interessanten Beiträge. Kann natürlich gut sein,
dass das Unternehmen mit den eigenen Cashposition versucht den Kurs
künstlich aufrecht zu halten. Kann aber auch zusätzlich sein, dass
Investoren die Q4 2012 Ergebnisse abwarten. Meint Ihr, dass die
Quartalszahlen hier der Aktie nochmal einen Schub nach oben geben
können?
Ich werde ab sofort Short gehen. Chance/Risiko scheint mir gut.
Außerdem hat "Der Aktionär" in der aktuellsten Ausgabe von gestern
Abend (Redaktionsschluss) empfohlen bei Boeing Short zu gehen...
schrieb am 26.01.13 13:58:12
Danke für Eure interessanten Beiträge. Kann natürlich gut sein,
dass das Unternehmen mit den eigenen Cashposition versucht den Kurs
künstlich aufrecht zu halten. Kann aber auch zusätzlich sein, dass
Investoren die Q4 2012 Ergebnisse abwarten. Meint Ihr, dass die
Quartalszahlen hier der Aktie nochmal einen Schub nach oben geben
können?
Ich werde ab sofort Short gehen. Chance/Risiko scheint mir gut.
Außerdem hat "Der Aktionär" in der aktuellsten Ausgabe von gestern
Abend (Redaktionsschluss) empfohlen bei Boeing Short zu gehen...
schrieb am 26.01.13 18:38:48
Analysis: Lengthy 787 probe, fixing problem, may cost Boeing
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By Bill Rigby
SEATTLE (Reuters) - The slow progress of investigations into
battery problems on Boeing Co's 787 Dreamliner jets suggest the new
plane could be grounded for months, raising fears that the
financial hit to Boeing will be greater than had been initially
predicted.
Wall Street had been working on the assumption that safety
inspectors would find the root cause of two battery incidents in
the United States and Japan within weeks and Boeing would implement
a speedy fix costing no more than a few hundred million
dollars.
But on Thursday, the head of the U.S. National Transportation
Safety Board said it was only "early" in its investigation of a
fire on a Japan Airlines Co Ltd jet in Boston on January 7, while
Japanese aviation authorities appear no closer to resolving a
battery problem that caused an emergency landing of a domestic All
Nippon Airways Co Ltd flight last week.
"Saying we are in the early stages of the investigation sent a
resounding message to those who thought this was a quick fix," said
Carter Leake, aerospace analyst at BB&T Capital Markets.
"If it comes out that ultimately it's a six-month issue or a
nine-month issue, everything changes. All of this optimism and all
of this costing assumption, starts to become bigger numbers. Once
you get past six months, you have to consider cancellations."
Investors do not appear to be in a panic yet. Boeing shares are
down only about 2.5 percent since the 787 was grounded worldwide
following the emergency landing in Japan on January 16.
"Wall Street reaction shows confidence in Boeing's ability to solve
the 787 problem," said Michel Merluzeau, managing partner at G2
Solutions, an aerospace and defense consulting firm in Kirkland,
Washington.
Boeing does make four other kinds of jets, including the
best-selling 737, and the company earns 40 percent of its revenue
from its defense arm.
Still, the world's biggest planemaker is producing 787s, but not
delivering any, a situation that could stretch the company
financially and test investors' faith.
"One of our big concerns is that this investigation continues to
drag on, and it looks like it may be more than just the battery
overheating itself," said Russell Solomon, an analyst at Moody's
Investors Service. "You start getting into three, six months out
and it has a bigger impact and my guess is that they (Boeing) would
have to potentially cut the production rate."
BREAKING DOWN THE COST
Besides the actual cost of fixing the 50 787s in service, plus
another 50 or so in production or waiting for delivery, Boeing will
have to compensate carriers unable to use 787s as planned and pay
penalties for late deliveries, most likely in the form of discounts
on future purchases.
It also is not clear whether any fix - particularly if the probes
lead to the identification of a major design fault - would also be
costly.
At the same time, it will be starved of the cash it was expecting
for delivering 787s it is still producing at the current rate of
five per month, which could add up to $300 million per month,
analysts estimate.
And the longer the planes are grounded, the more Boeing is exposed,
as airlines may start to reconsider orders and - in extreme cases -
cancel some, especially if the battery fix adds weight to the plane
and reduces its vaunted fuel efficiency.
Boeing, which is expected to report a drop in fourth-quarter
earnings next Wednesday, is not talking specifically about costs of
the 787 issue yet.
"It's too early to know the financial effects," said Boeing
spokesman Charles Bickers. "We're focused on working through the
process, getting to a resolution and returning the airplanes to
service."
Douglas Harned, an analyst at Bernstein Research, puts the cost of
a fix at no more than $350 million, or about 30 cents per Boeing
share, in a worst-case scenario. Howard Rubel at Jefferies
estimates the cost at somewhere between $250 million to $625
million, but notes that some of the cost may be borne by
suppliers.
"There's still the hope of a relatively easy fix followed by a
return to service within a week or two, but there's also the strong
and growing risk that they'll need to redesign the battery system,
which could mean another six to nine months," said Richard
Aboulafia, an analyst at aerospace research firm Teal Group.
PRODUCTION DELAY LOOMS
More important is the effect on Boeing's production rate, which is
scheduled to jump to 10 a month by the end of this year, from five
now.
That jump is crucial to Boeing's plans to eventually make a profit
on the 787. Most of the investment in a new plane occurs early in
the program, which means earlier planes cost more to build than
later ones.
The quicker Boeing can refine the process and ramp up numbers of
planes produced, the quicker it will reach the target of 1,100
planes, where it calculates it will break even on the program. At
planned production rates that would take about a decade.
If Boeing makes fewer planes than it has budgeted for and is not
getting cash in the door for deliveries, that could add up to more
than $1 billion per month in "incremental working capital spend,"
according to Solomon at Moody's.
With $6 billion of cash on its balance sheet at the end of the
third quarter, Boeing looks strong enough to deal with that, but
the longer it goes on, the more the worries mount, said
Solomon.
"If a billion to a billion and a half of incremental working
capital consumption is the right number in terms of cash burn every
month, you start getting into three, six months out and it has a
bigger impact," he said. "My guess is that they would have to
potentially cut the production rate if that were the case."
Cutting production of 787s, or halting it altogether, would be a
huge blow for a plane program that is already three years behind
schedule.
"The market really only cares about one thing right now and that
is, will production change?" said Leake at BB&T. "I believe it
will not, Boeing can't afford to do that. It's too expensive to
ramp down and ramp up again."
Production delays would ripple down the supply chain, could cost
jobs and could even mean the loss of future orders if airlines lose
patience with Boeing.
Rubel at Jefferies said this is unlikely, but in the worst case
scenario could result in a $5 billion write-off for Boeing, if it
loses orders it was counting on to offset expenses it has already
laid out in building the 787.
That would take its toll on earnings and likely mean taking a
provision against those losses.
"It will impact equity investors," said Solomon at Moody's. "The
company will grow much more slowly if they can't ramp to 10 a month
and the program is not successful."
(Additional reporting by Tim Hepher in Paris, Alwyn Scott in New
York, Jim Wolf in Washington;
schrieb am 26.01.13 18:43:31
von YAHOO financials 26.01.13 Gute analyse des Standes heute
Analysis: Lengthy 787 probe, fixing problem, may cost Boeing
dear
Reuters – 15 hours ago
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View Photo
All Nippon Airways' (ANA) Boeing Co's 787 Dreamliner aircraft which
made an emergency landing on last Wednesday, is seen through a
window of the ANA's Airbus A320 jet, at Takamatsu airport in
Takamatsu, western Japan January 19, 2013. REUTERS/Issei Kato
RELATED QUOTES
Symbol Price Change
BA 75.03 -0.29
EAD.PA 34.78 0.10
By Bill Rigby
SEATTLE (Reuters) - The slow progress of investigations into
battery problems on Boeing Co's 787 Dreamliner jets suggest the new
plane could be grounded for months, raising fears that the
financial hit to Boeing will be greater than had been initially
predicted.
Wall Street had been working on the assumption that safety
inspectors would find the root cause of two battery incidents in
the United States and Japan within weeks and Boeing would implement
a speedy fix costing no more than a few hundred million
dollars.
But on Thursday, the head of the U.S. National Transportation
Safety Board said it was only "early" in its investigation of a
fire on a Japan Airlines Co Ltd jet in Boston on January 7, while
Japanese aviation authorities appear no closer to resolving a
battery problem that caused an emergency landing of a domestic All
Nippon Airways Co Ltd flight last week.
"Saying we are in the early stages of the investigation sent a
resounding message to those who thought this was a quick fix," said
Carter Leake, aerospace analyst at BB&T Capital Markets.
"If it comes out that ultimately it's a six-month issue or a
nine-month issue, everything changes. All of this optimism and all
of this costing assumption, starts to become bigger numbers. Once
you get past six months, you have to consider cancellations."
Investors do not appear to be in a panic yet. Boeing shares are
down only about 2.5 percent since the 787 was grounded worldwide
following the emergency landing in Japan on January 16.
"Wall Street reaction shows confidence in Boeing's ability to solve
the 787 problem," said Michel Merluzeau, managing partner at G2
Solutions, an aerospace and defense consulting firm in Kirkland,
Washington.
Boeing does make four other kinds of jets, including the
best-selling 737, and the company earns 40 percent of its revenue
from its defense arm.
Still, the world's biggest planemaker is producing 787s, but not
delivering any, a situation that could stretch the company
financially and test investors' faith.
"One of our big concerns is that this investigation continues to
drag on, and it looks like it may be more than just the battery
overheating itself," said Russell Solomon, an analyst at Moody's
Investors Service. "You start getting into three, six months out
and it has a bigger impact and my guess is that they (Boeing) would
have to potentially cut the production rate."
BREAKING DOWN THE COST
Besides the actual cost of fixing the 50 787s in service, plus
another 50 or so in production or waiting for delivery, Boeing will
have to compensate carriers unable to use 787s as planned and pay
penalties for late deliveries, most likely in the form of discounts
on future purchases.
It also is not clear whether any fix - particularly if the probes
lead to the identification of a major design fault - would also be
costly.
At the same time, it will be starved of the cash it was expecting
for delivering 787s it is still producing at the current rate of
five per month, which could add up to $300 million per month,
analysts estimate.
And the longer the planes are grounded, the more Boeing is exposed,
as airlines may start to reconsider orders and - in extreme cases -
cancel some, especially if the battery fix adds weight to the plane
and reduces its vaunted fuel efficiency.
Boeing, which is expected to report a drop in fourth-quarter
earnings next Wednesday, is not talking specifically about costs of
the 787 issue yet.
"It's too early to know the financial effects," said Boeing
spokesman Charles Bickers. "We're focused on working through the
process, getting to a resolution and returning the airplanes to
service."
Douglas Harned, an analyst at Bernstein Research, puts the cost of
a fix at no more than $350 million, or about 30 cents per Boeing
share, in a worst-case scenario. Howard Rubel at Jefferies
estimates the cost at somewhere between $250 million to $625
million, but notes that some of the cost may be borne by
suppliers.
"There's still the hope of a relatively easy fix followed by a
return to service within a week or two, but there's also the strong
and growing risk that they'll need to redesign the battery system,
which could mean another six to nine months," said Richard
Aboulafia, an analyst at aerospace research firm Teal Group.
PRODUCTION DELAY LOOMS
More important is the effect on Boeing's production rate, which is
scheduled to jump to 10 a month by the end of this year, from five
now.
That jump is crucial to Boeing's plans to eventually make a profit
on the 787. Most of the investment in a new plane occurs early in
the program, which means earlier planes cost more to build than
later ones.
The quicker Boeing can refine the process and ramp up numbers of
planes produced, the quicker it will reach the target of 1,100
planes, where it calculates it will break even on the program. At
planned production rates that would take about a decade.
If Boeing makes fewer planes than it has budgeted for and is not
getting cash in the door for deliveries, that could add up to more
than $1 billion per month in "incremental working capital spend,"
according to Solomon at Moody's.
With $6 billion of cash on its balance sheet at the end of the
third quarter, Boeing looks strong enough to deal with that, but
the longer it goes on, the more the worries mount, said
Solomon.
"If a billion to a billion and a half of incremental working
capital consumption is the right number in terms of cash burn every
month, you start getting into three, six months out and it has a
bigger impact," he said. "My guess is that they would have to
potentially cut the production rate if that were the case."
Cutting production of 787s, or halting it altogether, would be a
huge blow for a plane program that is already three years behind
schedule.
"The market really only cares about one thing right now and that
is, will production change?" said Leake at BB&T. "I believe it
will not, Boeing can't afford to do that. It's too expensive to
ramp down and ramp up again."
Production delays would ripple down the supply chain, could cost
jobs and could even mean the loss of future orders if airlines lose
patience with Boeing.
Rubel at Jefferies said this is unlikely, but in the worst case
scenario could result in a $5 billion write-off for Boeing, if it
loses orders it was counting on to offset expenses it has already
laid out in building the 787.
That would take its toll on earnings and likely mean taking a
provision against those losses.
"It will impact equity investors," said Solomon at Moody's. "The
company will grow much more slowly if they can't ramp to 10 a month
and the program is not successful."
(Additional reporting by Tim Hepher in Paris, Alwyn Scott in New
York, Jim Wolf in Washington;
schrieb am 26.01.13 19:58:42
also in der obigen Analyse steht drin,daß BA am Ende des
3.Quartals
6 Milliarden $ cash hatte.
Grüße
schrieb am 27.01.13 15:59:44
@AdolfSteinbrueck: stimmt, Ende Q3 2012 waren es 6 Mrd $ cash.
Hatte die net financial position angeschaut (financial debt minus
cash).
Hier mal ein recht guter Artikel:
787 battery fire correction may take long time
27.01.2013
http://www.thenewstribune.com/2013/01/27/2451132/787-battery-fire-correction-may.html
When a Cessna business jet equipped with lithium ion batteries
caught fire in 2011 while it was hooked up to a ground power unit,
Cessna and the Federal Aviation Administration moved swiftly to
address the safety issues involved.
First the manufacturer advised owners of CJ4 aircraft to replace
the lithium ion batteries in the plane with older technology
nickel-cadmium or lead-acid batteries, and the FAA a few days later
issued an airworthiness directive making those replacements
mandatory.
Those jets were back in the air a few weeks later once the
substitution was accomplished albeit equipped with heavier, less
capable batteries.
The Cessna lithium battery fire foreshadowed problems now keeping
Boeing’s newest airliner, the 787 Dreamliner, grounded after a
different type of lithium battery sparked fires aboard Dreamliners
in Boston and Japan in recent weeks.
Could Cessna’s reaction to its lithium battery problem provide
Boeing a clue how to move forward?
First, the company says, it needs to find out what’s going
wrong.
The National Transportation Safety Board, Boeing, the FAA and
Japanese government investigators say they’re working ceaselessly
to find out why the batteries failed. Fifty Dreamliners are not
flying, and Boeing is delivering no more of the planes until the
issue is solved. So far, there are no definitive answers.
The safety board said its first round of investigation found no
evidence that the batteries in the Boston plane were overcharged,
the most likely cause of the fire. Japanese investigators say they
too have found no cause for believing the batteries in a Japan Air
Lines plane that made an emergency landing there had lithium-ion
batteries that were overcharged.
Initial dissection of the batteries shows there might have been a
short circuit in one of the cells, but there is nothing definitive
yet.
BOEING’S REPUTATION ON THE LINE
For Boeing and the airlines that bought the Dreamliner, finding
answers quickly and restoring the Dreamliner’s safety and
reputation are urgent priorities. The average list price for a
Dreamliner is about $200 million, but airlines likely pay less. The
groundings mean billions of dollars in capital assets aren’t
earning their keep, and Boeing isn’t bringing in dollars for
completed but undeliverable planes.
Boeing is keeping mostly mum about just exactly where their
investigation is leading, about what its alternatives might be and
how long clearing up the mystery and fixing it might take.
“We aren’t commenting on potential next steps until the
investigation is over.” Boeing spokesman Doug Alder said
Friday.
Most experts say solving the issue is likely to take weeks and
perhaps months more.
Former NTSB member John Goglia told KIRO Radio on Friday that the
investigation will likely be a long process.
“I’m afraid that if we don’t really find the root cause of this in
the next week or two, we’re going to be looking at many, many
months before this is resolved,” he said.
ASPECTS OF INVESTIGATION
Experts speculate the investigation is leading in several
directions:
• Battery defects. Such high-power batteries are particularly
sensitive to manufacturing flaws. Any foreign material could cause
a short circuit inside the batteries causing the batteries to
overheat and leading to the thermal overrun to spread to other
cells. One cell in a battery involved in the Boston incident showed
signs it might have short-circuited. The two planes involved in the
two incidents were relatively new to commercial service.
The Japanese battery maker, GS Yuasa, says the batteries weren’t
defective. Investigators have toured the company’s plant. They’ve
made no pronouncements about whether the company’s products pass
muster.
• Charging system problems. Boeing and government investigators are
talking with the Arizona company, Securaplane Technologies, about
its charging system. Overcharging the batteries could cause a fire.
Again, there’s been no public verdict on whether the changing
systems were working correctly, but the company has said it
believes it is blameless.
• Monitoring and safety systems. The FAA allowed Cessna to pioneer
the use of a different type of lithium-ion batteries in the CJ4
under a special set of conditions that required sophisticated
control and monitoring systems for the batteries. Those elaborate
safety systems were designed to prevent conditions that would upset
the chemistry of the batteries and to isolate those batteries if
they were failing. Special systems were designed to vent smoke and
fumes should batteries catch fire. No fire suppression systems
cover the lithium-ion batteries because putting out a fire in them
is nearly impossible and they simply are allowed to burn out. When
Boeing asked the FAA to use their lithium-ion batteries, the FAA
crafted a set of special conditions similar to those it had imposed
on Cessna.
In a news conference last week, the NTSB said those safety systems
in the 787 had failed to operate as planned. That failure presents
another issue for Boeing, Once it corrects the issues that caused
the fire, the company must then address the safety systems’
defects.
WHAT’S NEXT?
Once Boeing and government investigators find and agree on the
cause of the problems, then they’ll have to create solutions.
Experts say those solutions range from relatively simple to
exceedingly complex.
• Correct battery or charger production defects. If the
investigation leads to abnormalities in the assembly of the
batteries or the charging systems, those contractors can take
measures to ensure they don’t recur. The cathodes and anodes in
lithium-ion batteries can grow “whiskers” if improperly made
causing short circuits, said one expert. Improved manufacturing
techniques will likely be paired with more extensive testing of the
batteries and charging systems before they’re installed.
n Switch to alternate technology batteries. The batteries Boeing
used in the Dreamliner are a variety called lithium-cobalt
batteries. The company could substitute lithium-iron-phosphate
batteries that some battery experts say are more tolerant to
mistreatment and which are less likely to develop thermal
overruns.
The planemaker could abandon lithium-ion batteries entirely,
returning to nickel–cadmium or lead-acid batteries. The company’s
777 jetliner, part of which is made in Frederickson along with a
part of the Dreamliner, and its newest version of the 747, the
747-8, use nickel–cadmium batteries.
Gulfstream Aerospace considered using lithium-ion batteries in its
newest business jet, said Steve Cass, a Gulfstream spokesman. But
the company decided to use the tried-and-true nickel–cadmium
batteries instead. Those planes, however, don’t use electric
architecture pioneered by the 787.
The Dreamliner uses electric motors to power most of the aircraft
systems instead of the high-pressure air bled from the engines of
those older-generation jets. The electric systems are more
efficient and require less piping and ducting than the bleed air
systems. But the 787’s electrical systems must be equipped to
provide three or four times the power used in the older
aircraft.
Weight is a problem with the older batteries. The two lithium
battery packs in the 787, one near the front electronics bay and
the other located nearer the plane’s tail, weigh 63 pounds each. A
comparable nickel–cadmium battery might weigh 35 percent more.
Substituting a different kind of battery isn’t likely to be a
simple swap, said University of Washington chemistry professor Eric
Stuve.
“These planes are designed around a lithium-ion battery,” he said.
“Changing to another type of battery could mean redesign and
retesting of the electrical system,” he said. “It would be like
converting your car from a gasoline to a diesel engine.”
Lithium-ion batteries have been implicated in multiple incidents in
aviation and in consumer use in recent years. Computer makers
recalled thousands of laptop batteries because of overheating
issues. The FAA has banned the carriage of loose nonrechargeable
lithium-ion batteries in checked luggage on airliners. And lithium
batteries are suspects in the crash of a UPS 747 cargo plane in
Dubai in 2010.
But some planemakers say lithium-ion’s advantages in weight and
power storage ability are good reasons to advance the art. The key,
they say, is learning to manage the batteries’ disadvantages.
Cessna, which originally banned lithium batteries from its
aircraft, this week said it intends to offer lithium batteries in
several of its executive jets soon.
John Gillie: 253-597-8663 john.gillie@thenewstribune.com
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