Overview
- The new order lifts Emirates’ 777X backlog to 270 aircraft and its total Boeing widebody orderbook to 315.
- Emirates targets first 777-9 deliveries in the second quarter of 2027, with Boeing deliveries to the airline now forecast into the late 2030s.
- The agreement includes options to convert part of the order to the 777-8 or a proposed stretched 777-10 that Boeing is studying.
- Emirates added 130 GE9X engines, taking its GE9X commitments to about 540 units, while flydubai separately ordered 60 GEnx-1B engines for 30 Boeing 787-9s.
- Boeing says regulators approved advancing to the next 777X certification test phase after recent delays that prompted an approximately $4.9 billion program charge.