Emirates, the world’s longest long-haul carrier, is seeking more visibility from Boeing on the delivery times and performance of the delayed 777X wide-body aircraft that is still under development.
The airline, which is Boeing’s biggest customer of the jet, will have a “grown-up” discussion with the US plane maker over the coming months about when it will receive the aircraft, Emirates president Tim Clark said at the World Aviation Festival on Wednesday.
“We will be having what I hope will be a grown-up conversation with the Boeing Company sometime in the next few months,” Mr Clark said. We need to know what the airplane is going to do and what’s going to be delivered.”
The Dubai-based airline has an order for 126 of the 777X, Boeing’s newest jet that is facing a lengthy development and certification timeline. The plane’s debut is now slated for late 2023, following several delays, and was originally due to enter service with Emirates in the summer of 2020.
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