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Emirates warns Boeing it will refuse 777x jets if they don t meet commitments
Reuters | May 24, 2021 11:12 PM EDT
Emirates Airline President Tim Clark gestures as he speaks during an interview with Reuters in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, (Photo : REUTERS/Abdel Hadi Ramahi/File Photo)
The head of Emirates airline, one of Boeing s biggest customers, has warned the U.S. planemaker that it would refuse delivery of 777x jets if they fall short of contractual performance commitments.
In an interview broadcast on Monday, President Tim Clark said he had not received any performance details of the jet s engines so far even though test flights began in 2020.
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DUBAI, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Emirates Airline President Tim Clark on Wednesday said Boeing Co’s 777X might not enter into service with airlines until 2023 or even later, amid uncertainty over the development timeline of Boeing’s biggest twin-engine jet and when it will be certified.
Boeing has been developing the widebody jet, a new version of its popular 777 aircraft, with the goal of releasing it in 2022, already two years later than planned.
The 777X will be the first major jet to be certified since software flaws in two Boeing 737 MAX planes caused fatal crashes and prompted accusations of cozy relations between the company and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).