Boeing 777X delays may affect Emirates fleet plans - Clark

Delivery delays to Boeing’s 777X jetliner are holding back Emirates’ growth and could affect the carrier’s fleet plans, airline president Tim Clark said Thursday. Emirates has 150 of the new model on order, of which 8 were originally slated for delivery next year, and has yet to firm up orders for 40 of Boeing’s mid-size 787 jets. Clark said launch customer Emirates no longer expects to receive the first 777X before “April or the Q2” of 2021. “That has conditioned everything else,” he said. “First of all I want to know when the thing’s going to come,” he added. “Our fleet plans are very much driven by when these aircraft are going to be delivered to us.” <br/>