According to Yahoo Finance (Investing.com; July 21, 2026), Emirates has refused to accept delivery of 10 Boeing aircraft from its order of 270 new 777X planes, with the airline's president saying the delayed jets would be better suited as baked bean cans.
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Sir Tim Clark, president of Emirates, told The Telegraph at the Farnborough International Airshow that the first batch of 10 aircraft required too many modifications to bring them up to current standards. The airline ordered the planes at $440 million each, with the first jet built in 2019.
"We're not taking that batch and that's it," Sir Tim told said. "As far as we're concerned, what they do with them is up to them."
The Dubai-based airline has been waiting seven years for the aircraft, which have faced repeated delays due to design modifications. Sir Tim said he understood Boeing had been trying to find another buyer for the planes, before adding: "Heinz would be interested – baked bean cans."
The 777X program has encountered numerous problems that pushed its entry into service from 2020 to next year at the earliest. Sir Tim said the design changes since the early flights were too extensive to make updating the first batch practical.
"The modifications for the airframe have been so significant since the early flights. And don't forget we had a static-test failure as well," he said.
Sir Tim added: "I went on the first one in 2019, which was fully configured except for our first-class cabins, and here we are in 2026. It's now seven years on. We're not taking them."
Source:
Yahoo Finance; https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/emirates-refusing-delivery-first-10-140451290.html
