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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 Emirates Airline President Tim Clark on Wednesday said Boeing Co’s 777X might not enter into service with airlines until 2023 or even later.
Boeing has been working on getting the widebody jet, a new version of its popular 777 aircraft, into service in 2022, which is already two years later than planned.
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“It is a question of when that aircraft is going to be completed and certified and offered for entry of service. That could be ’22, could be ’23, it could be even longer,” Clark told Reuters in an interview.