Totally agrees with you. 787 has not been at its best. Continuously having issues starting from 2011 till now. Its project is in Loss. The availability rate at any given time is not confirm also.
REASONS FOR NOT INDUCTING 787 Dreamliner into PIA
Here’s a timeline of problems the Dreamliner has experienced over the last five years. I am not mentioning Pre- Launch Problems here as normally those occur in almost all Projects.
POST - LAUNCH PROBLEM's
Feb. 6, 2012: Boeing finds a manufacturing problem in the fuselage section of some Dreamliners.
July 23, 2012: ANA has five aircraft repaired after discovering a problem inside the Rolls-Royce engine.
July 28, 2012: A Dreamliner suffers an engine failure on the ground at the Boeing plant in Charleston. An investigation is announced by U.S. authorities.
Sept. 5, 2012: A hydraulic problem inside an ANA 787 causes the pilot to abort takeoff. White smoke is seen billowing from the aircraft.
Oct. 4 2012: An engine problem onboard an Air Bridge Cargo 747 in Shanghai prompts General Electric (NYSE:GE) to recommend the inspection of GEnx engines, which are used on some 747 and 787 aircraft.
Dec. 5, 2012: A report of fuel leaks prompts the FAA to order the inspection of all 787s.
Jan. 7, 2013: A fire starts on an empty Japan Airlines (TYO:9201) 787 at Boston Logan International.
Jan. 8, 2013: An ANA 787 is grounded after a crack in the windshield is found. Also, a JAL flight is forced to cancel after engineers discover a fuel leak.
Jan. 8, 2013: A Japan Airlines (JAL) 787 experienced a fuel leak, and its flight from Boston was canceled.
Jan. 9, 2013: United Continental Holdings Inc. (NYSE:UAL) discovers faulty wiring near a battery on six of its aircraft.
Jan. 11, 2013: Another Japan Airlines aircraft is found to have a fuel leak.
Jan. 13, 2013: Japan’s Transport Ministry launches an investigation after a third leak is discovered onboard a JAL aircraft.
Jan. 16, 2013: An ANA flight from Tokyo to Ube, makes an emergency landing after a burning smell is detected in the cabin and a warning light comes on. ANA and JAL ground all their 787s, and aviation authorities worldwide order the grounding of all Dreamliners. Boeing halts all deliveries.
June 2, 2013: A sensor pressure detects overheating on one of its 787s.
June 23, 2013: United Airlines makes an emergency landing after a problem is discovered with the braking system.
July 12, 2013: An empty Ethiopian Airlines 787 develops a fire at London's Heathrow airport, which shuts down the entire airport temporarily. The fire was caused by a faulty battery.
July 18, 2013: A maintenance message onboard a JAL flight alerts to a fuel pump error.
July 22, 2013: An electrical panel grounds a Qatar Airways 787.
July 24, 2013: An investigation is launched after an oven overheats aboard an Air India flight.
July 26, 2013: Two ANA-operated Dreamliners are found to have faulty battery wiring, the same problem that caused the fire at Heathrow.
July 27, 2013: United Airlines discovers a problem with an emergency beacon.
Aug. 14, 2013: A fire extinguisher fault affecting three ANA airplanes, which was caused by a supplier assembly error.
Aug. 27, 2013: A problem with slats (extensions of the leading edge of the wing deployed, like the trailing-edge flaps, during takeoff and landing for added lift) forces a JAL 787 to turn back to Tokyo.
Sept. 19, 2013: A United Airlines 787 develops similar flaps problems and is forced to declare an emergency and land in Anchorage, Alaska.
Sept. 28, 2013: Norwegian Long Haul decided to take one of its two 787s out of service after the two aircraft broke down on more than six occasions in September.
Sept. 28, 2013: Technical problems with a transponder prompt a LOT Polish Airlines flight to make an emergency landing in Iceland.
Oct. 9, 2013: Electrical problems caused failed lavatories and the failure of in-flight anti-ice systems on a JAL aircraft, which returned to San Diego.
Nov. 16, 2013: A British Airways flight experiences hydraulic failure.
Dec. 20–22, 2013: Norwegian Long Haul experienced technical problems keeping two of its three 787 aircraft grounded at Fort Lauderdale airport and delayed six flights.
Jan. 14, 2014: Full Japan Airlines Dreamliner fleet grounded after more battery problems.
Jan. 19, 2014: Air India flight loses all transponders.
Jan. 19, 2014: A China Southern 787 receives multiple system messages, including flaps, nose gear landing, nose gear position, doors and brakes.
Jan. 21, 2014: A Norwegian Air Shuttle 787 experienced a fuel leak which caused a 19-hour delay to a flight from Bangkok to Oslo.
Feb. 5, 2014: All management computers fail aboard an Air India flight.
March 5, 2014: Cracks discovered on wings of 787s in production.
Sept 24, 2015: Indian media reported that an Air India 787 (VT-AND) had been grounded since January 2015 and had been scavenged for parts due to their lack of availability. Air India's aircraft engineers' body advised against accepting further deliveries until Boeing resolved reliability issues.
March 4, 2016: Ethiopian Airlines 787-8 registration ET-ASH from Addis Ababa to Rome, had its nose gear collapse. A flight attendant received minor injuries and the aircraft was damaged.
April 22, 2016: FAA issued an airworthiness directive following a Jan. 29 incident in which a General Electric GEnx-1B PIP2 engine suffered damage and non-restartable power loss while flying at an altitude of 20,000 feet.
Conclusion: PIA needs a reliable aircraft which should have a dispatch reliability of atleast 99 % or above like 777. If Boeing can't provide that then look someplace else.
Something to consider for immediate future. Emirates is retiring 50 planes by 2018 starting from 26 in this year. The average industry retirement age is 25 years and that of Emirate fleet after retiring these planes will be 15.7 years. PIA can check these and if some of them have life left in them then buy those fly them for another 5-10 years.
P.S: The letter of Boeing to PM is totally a Joke as the PM of a country don't decides which plane to buy. So, since 787 program is facing Losses and they are desperate to sell more then "Daal main kuch Kala hay". If as per the letter we need to add charm for Privatization then why not buy A350 / A330 / 777X.
