Boeing schedules first 777X flight for Jan 23
Boeing has scheduled the 777X’s maiden sortie Jan 23, an event that will finally kick off the revamped widebody’s delayed flight-test programme and potentially keep the airframer on track to begin deliveries in early 2021. Getting the flight-test programme underway will mark a major milestone for Boeing, which has been hammered by a series of major issues, the most-prominent being the 737 Max’s grounding. But the 777X programme has been beset by delays, and analysts have raised concerns about how quickly the FAA, under extreme pressure to prevent a repeat of the 737 Max’s certification issues, will approve the new big twin. Boeing initially planned to complete first flight of the 777-9 in 2019 and to begin deliveries in 2020. But an issue with the GE9X powerplants stymied Boeing’s plan. <br/>
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Boeing schedules first 777X flight for Jan 23
Boeing has scheduled the 777X’s maiden sortie Jan 23, an event that will finally kick off the revamped widebody’s delayed flight-test programme and potentially keep the airframer on track to begin deliveries in early 2021. Getting the flight-test programme underway will mark a major milestone for Boeing, which has been hammered by a series of major issues, the most-prominent being the 737 Max’s grounding. But the 777X programme has been beset by delays, and analysts have raised concerns about how quickly the FAA, under extreme pressure to prevent a repeat of the 737 Max’s certification issues, will approve the new big twin. Boeing initially planned to complete first flight of the 777-9 in 2019 and to begin deliveries in 2020. But an issue with the GE9X powerplants stymied Boeing’s plan. <br/>
