Delivery delays to Boeing's 777X jetliner are holding back Emirates' g...
) 777X jetliner are holding back Emirates’ growth and could partially affect the Gulf carrier’s broader fleet requirements, airline President Tim Clark said on Thursday.
The world’s largest operator of long-haul aircraft is also in talks to complete an order for 70 Airbus jets, with both sets of negotiations in focus ahead of the Dubai Airshow in November. “That has conditioned everything else,” he told Reuters on the sidelines of the Airlines 2050 conference in London.
There has been speculation that Emirates could defer or reduce 777X orders, or else downgrade some to the smaller 787. Asked about the status of new Airbus orders, Clark stressed the importance of keeping costly assets working reliably. Clark said the aerospace industry had “over-promised” in recent years, placing jets in the market before they had the technical maturity to deal reliably with hot Gulf conditions.
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