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Old Nov 22, 2023 | 4:32 am
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Originally Posted by FlyingSquirrel_
My biggest worry for BA is that the new aircrafts ordered to replace the aging 777 fleet is the 777X (with current delivery estimates in 2025 and 2026). However, I am far from sure this aircraft will ever be approved by regulators (and if it does, it will be much later than 2026). If I was BA I would exercise those remaining A350 options ASAP and cancel the same amount of 777X in order. That would at least relieve the 10 oldest 777 aircrafts in Gatwick by 2026, replaced by the 787-8, 787-9s and some of Heathrow's 777s.
Am curious why you think the 777x may not ever be approved? I appreciate the FAA etc will be crawling all over it after the MAX fiasco but the 777x is only the 3rd generation of the family (if you consider the 772/773 the first gen, the LR and ER the second gen).

Are there some major issues holding up certification at the moment as it is taking an extraordinarily and unprecedented long time from first flight to certification for EIS?
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