Emirates president says he does not expect to take any Boeing 777x in 2020
Emirates doubts it will receive any of the 115 Boeing 777-9s it has ordered next year, its president said Monday, as the planemaker grapples with challenges in building the jet. Emirates, a launch customer of the world’s biggest twin engined jet, was to receive its first 777-9 in 2020 but the manufacturer has suspended load testing of the plane. “By the end of next year we were to have 8 of them. Now it doesn’t look like we will have any,” Tim Clark said. Boeing suspended load testing of the new widebody in September when media reports said a cargo door failed a ground stress test. There have also been issues with GE’s new GE9X turbine engine that will power the jet. Boeing has said it expects to hold the initial flight test in 2020 and is aiming for the 777X to enter commercial service in the same year. <br/>
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Emirates president says he does not expect to take any Boeing 777x in 2020
Emirates doubts it will receive any of the 115 Boeing 777-9s it has ordered next year, its president said Monday, as the planemaker grapples with challenges in building the jet. Emirates, a launch customer of the world’s biggest twin engined jet, was to receive its first 777-9 in 2020 but the manufacturer has suspended load testing of the plane. “By the end of next year we were to have 8 of them. Now it doesn’t look like we will have any,” Tim Clark said. Boeing suspended load testing of the new widebody in September when media reports said a cargo door failed a ground stress test. There have also been issues with GE’s new GE9X turbine engine that will power the jet. Boeing has said it expects to hold the initial flight test in 2020 and is aiming for the 777X to enter commercial service in the same year. <br/>
