Emirates will be first airline to receive 777X, says Boeing
Emirates will be the first airline to receive Boeing’s all-new 777X aircraft, when it gets rolled out in 2020, a senior Boeing executive confirmed, putting an end to the debate on which of its 7 customers were going to launch the planemaker’s flagship aircraft. Emirates will receive its first 777X aircraft in mid-2020, racing ahead of the previously-declared launch customer Lufthansa, which is now rethinking whether it needs all those jets it ordered. “Emirates is now actually ahead of its original mid-2020 schedule to receive its first 777X aircraft,” said Boeing VP Marty Bentrott. Emirates’ US$76b order for 150 Boeing 777X aircraft was the single largest aircraft order by value in the history of US commercial aviation. It comprises 35 Boeing 777-8Xs and 115 Boeing 777-9Xs, plus 50 purchase rights. <br/>
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Emirates will be first airline to receive 777X, says Boeing
Emirates will be the first airline to receive Boeing’s all-new 777X aircraft, when it gets rolled out in 2020, a senior Boeing executive confirmed, putting an end to the debate on which of its 7 customers were going to launch the planemaker’s flagship aircraft. Emirates will receive its first 777X aircraft in mid-2020, racing ahead of the previously-declared launch customer Lufthansa, which is now rethinking whether it needs all those jets it ordered. “Emirates is now actually ahead of its original mid-2020 schedule to receive its first 777X aircraft,” said Boeing VP Marty Bentrott. Emirates’ US$76b order for 150 Boeing 777X aircraft was the single largest aircraft order by value in the history of US commercial aviation. It comprises 35 Boeing 777-8Xs and 115 Boeing 777-9Xs, plus 50 purchase rights. <br/>
