Emirates unveiled an $8.8 billion order for 30 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners after in...
FILE PHOTO: A Boeing logo pictured during the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition at Geneva Airport, Switzerland, May 28, 2018. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
The order shake-up completes a fleet review by the world’s largest buyer of wide-body long-haul jets at its home airshow, the Middle East’s biggest, where Emirates also revised deals with Boeing’s European rival Airbus . The airline has been looking at reducing part of its 777X order, which president Tim Clark on Tuesday said could be influenced by the delays and determine the shape of a final 787 deal.
Easing an eight-month crisis over the grounding of its smaller 737 MAX, Boeing had already won tentative or firm orders for 60 of the grounded MAX jets at this week’s Dubai show.But industry sources had warned that Boeing risked leaving Dubai without resolving the critical set of interlocking deals with Emirates, the industry’s largest customer for wide-body jets and the backbone for the 777X program.
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