Italy’s Leonardo says Boeing to update 787 production plan this month By Reuters – Investing.com

Italy’s Leonardo says Boeing to update 787 production plan this month By Reuters – Investing.com

DUBAI (Reuters) - The chief executive of Italian aerospace firm Leonardo said Boeing (NYSE:) was expected this month to release an updated production plan for its 787 Dreamliner wide-body jet.

"In the next day they will come out with a new plan," Leonardo CEO Alessandro Profumo told Reuters at the Dubai Expo on Saturday. "They are saying they are 'slightly more optimistic', shall we say."

Profumo did not say whether there would be a change in production rates in the new plan to be released by Boeing. Leonardo manufactures part of the Dreamliner airframe.