Emirates President Tim Clark said Monday he will have a “serious conversation” with Boeing following the announcement of a new delay in deliveries of the new 777X.
“Emirates has had to make significant and highly expensive amendments to our fleet programmes as a result of Boeing’s multiple contractual shortfalls and we will be having a serious conversation with them over the next couple of months,” he said in a rare written statement on the issue of delivery delays.
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He also called into question Boeing’s new timetable. Citing the suspension of a certification testing milestone and the ongoing four-week-old strike, he said: “I fail to see how Boeing can make any meaningful forecasts of delivery dates”.
Emirates, the largest operator of the 777 family, placed an initial order for 150 777X aircraft, which contributed to the launch of the world’s largest twin-engine aircraft more than a decade ago.
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