Boeing supplier concerned about gas supplying Japan-Reuters

A Boeing 787 Dreamliner is manufactured to customer All Nippon Airways (ANA) of Japan is seen on the production line on a commercial plane from Boeing factory in Everett, Washington, February 14, 2011.Credit: Reuters/Anthony BolanteBy Mariko Katsumura

TOKYO | Fri 18 Mar 2011 6: 35 am EDT

TOKYO (Reuters)-a Japanese company galleys for the long-awaited Boeing (BA.N) 787 Dreamliner said delivery of the item may be deferred if petrol still scarce after the earthquake and the tsunami of last week.

Jamco (Central. T) said on Thursday that production of the galleys unaffected, but delivery can be hampered by higher gasoline prices or if petrol more widely available.

Jamco ships the galleys of Yokohama port after making them in a factory in Murakami, Nigata, in northwestern Japan.

Boeing Dreamliner is nearly three years behind the original schedule, maar's world's second largest commercial planemaker, after EADS (EAD.PA) unit Airbus, said that it was aiming to deliver the aircraft in the third quarter of this year.

Hooks and eyes in the global supply chain of Boeing have some of the delays of the lightweight, carbon-composite aircraft.

Boeing makes use of several suppliers in Japan, who have said that the disaster has no consequences for their activities.

Boeing has said it is too early to know if the crisis in Japan Dreamliner production will affect.

Boeing commercial airplanes Chief Executive Jim Albaugh on CNBC this week said that a delay of more than a few weeks could lead "topics".

Larry Wilson, a spokesman for Boeing supplier management, said he was unaware of the Jamco.

American Aerospace analysts said that Boeing has enough inventory on its 787 assembly plant in Seattle, Washington, for any interruptions in Japan again.

"Even if there was some kind of disturbance in Japan, Boeing has a lot of aircraft parts in their system in Seattle already," said RBC Capital Markets analyst Robert Stallard. "So I don't actually see any short-term consequences."

Boeing suppliers in Japan are Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (7011. T), making the wings on his Nagoya factory. That plant is functioning.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries (7012. T) makes forward parts of 787 bodies in its factory in Yatomi, Nagoya. The company said that these actions are not affected by the earthquake or subsequent tsunami.

Fuji Heavy Industries (7270. T) makes the 787 Center wing in its factory in Handa, Aichi Prefecture, near Nagoya. The company said that the disaster that had not affected operations.

Shares of Boeing closed up 61 cents at $ 68.30 on Thursday. (Writing by Kyle Peterson, edit by Tim Hepher, Toni Reinhold)