(Reuters) -Boeing’s 777X jet is slated to start flying commercially in early 2027 instead of next year, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Deutsche Lufthansa AG, the launch customer for Boeing’s newest widebody aircraft, is already preparing for a setback and not including the 777X in its fleet plans until 2027, the report said, citing one of the sources.
Boeing did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
The company was expected to deliver the first 777X jet in 2026, already six years later than had been anticipated when the program was launched in 2013.
Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg said last month that the company was behind schedule in certifying the jet, saying a “mountain of work” needed to be done. He added, however, that no new technical problems had been identified.
The news comes six weeks before the Dubai Airshow, where Boeing unveiled the airplane in 2013.
(Reporting by Deborah Sophia in Bengaluru and Dan Catchpole in Seattle; Editing by Alan Barona and Deepa Babington)
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