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Emirates’ Clark Now Sees Boeing 777X Aircraft Delayed Until 2026
Visitors gathered near a Boeing 777X aircraft displayed during the 'Wings India 2024' at the Begumpet Airport in Hyderabad on Jan. 18.
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Emirates President Tim Clark predicted the Boeing Co. 777X aircraft won’t enter commercial service before 2026, further extending the delay of the widebody jet that will become a mainstay of the Dubai carrier’s future longhaul fleet.
Boeing is currently taking the aircraft through its certification program, and regulators will be “doubly rigorous in everything they do and rightly so,” Clark predicted.