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Emirates (EK, Dubai Int'l) says it does not expect to take delivery of its first B777-9 earlier than 2023, three years behind the original schedule.

MIAMI – Emirates Airlines (EK) is considering switching between 30 to 40 of its Boeing 777x orders for those of the smaller Boeing 787 Dreamliner. This is more than a third of the airline’s initial 777x order. Though COVID-19 has had a massive impact on the demand for twin-aisle aircraft, EK had. Boeing last week announced a $6.5 billion charge on the 777X in part due to weaker-than-expected demand for the model. 'Delays on the 737 MAX and 777X programs have resulted in, and may continue. Feb 03, 2021 The move would be a troubling one for Boeing and its 777X program, as Emirates is the largest customer of the yet-to-be-launched aircraft. Emirates’ move isn’t the first of its kind. Boeing indicated on Monday that it’s at risk of losing nearly 40% of its 777X orders because of delays. With the 777X now slated to debut in 2023 — more. Boeing 777x As regulators prepare to weigh in on 737 MAX, FAA's global dominance fades In March 2019, when the second MAX crash in five months brought the death toll on the recently introduced Boeing Co model to 346 people, China quickly grounded the airliner, sparking a cascade of flight bans around the world. GE Aviation's 777X engines have the largest fan ever produced for a commercial aircraft. They have been specially developed for the 777X.

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The Emirati carrier revealed its latest estimate for the Boeing widebody's service entry date in a press release announcing the introduction of a new premium economy class onboard its A380-800s. It did not go into any details about the reasons for the new delay nor did it break down the delivery schedule per year.

Emirates initially expected to be one of the type's first operators, alongside Lufthansa (LH, Frankfurt Int'l) and Qatar Airways (QR, Doha Hamad Int'l), with deliveries expected to have commenced in 2020. However, a series of production delays, caused partially by issues relating to its General Electric engines and to the COVID-19 pandemic, have forced Boeing to protract the B777X's certification process; its maiden test flight took place in early 2020, rather than in 2019. As such, Boeing's latest official timeline forecasts deliveries to start in 2022.

According to the ch-aviation fleets advanced module, Emirates has sixteen B777-8s and ninety-nine -9s on firm order from the US manufacturer. It is the world's largest customer for each of the variants, as well as for the entire family.

Emirates' fleet of B777s currently comprises ten B777-200(LR)s and 129 B777-300(ER)s, as well as eleven B777-200Fs.

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