Monday, December 6, 2010

Emirates: 787 problems slow development of 777 upgrade

Emirates President Tim Clark told ATW he believes the Boeing 787 will be an outstanding aircraft but its current problems are slowing development of a 777-300ER upgrade sought by a number of airlines to meet the challenge of the Airbus A350-1000.

Clark, who has been a driving force behind an upgraded 777-300ER, told ATW that Boeing was “rightly devoting all its resources to getting the 787 into service.”

“I do not think they will be in a position to move on the 777 upgrade until they have the 787......

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