Boeing May Find It Tough to Deliver

Updated from Tuesday, Nov. 18

For many companies, 2008 has been a terrible year. For Boeing(BA Quote), it has been a year of devastation.

Now, Boeing's most compelling advantage -- its order book, with unfilled orders for 3,730 airplanes valued at $276 billion -- faces deterioration because the worldwide economic slowdown could leave airlines unable to take scheduled deliveries.

The Wall Street Journal reports Wednesday that Boeing is reworking its entire production schedule, adding as much as 10 weeks to the original delivery date for all the airplanes in its order backlog as it tries to recover from a strike by its machinists. ...