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Aug 23, 2020 Emirates is pushing for more Boeing 777X orders to be converted into 787 orders Emirates has allegedly finalized its position on the composition of the intake, but has declined to provide details Emirates wants to take delivery of 787s before 777Xs, as they “offer better seat capacity”.

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Emirates is set to announce a revision of its Boeing 777X order as it prefers to have more 787-9s over 777-9s. In an interview with Arabian Business on August 21, Chief Operating Officer Adel Al Redha confirmed that the composition of the revised order has been finalized but that details will be announced later.
This is the fourth fleet review by Emirates since late 2017.

1. Boeing’s largest customer for its 777X aircraft could be getting cold feet. Emirates, with orders in for 115 of the plane, is reportedly mulling swapping out up to 45 in favor of the smaller 787 Dreamliner. It’s not the first time this rumor has appeared, and could be.
2. The Emirates fleet is composed of two wide-bodied aircraft families, the Airbus A380 and Boeing 777.The airline also has the Airbus A350-900, Boeing 777X and Boeing 787-9 aircraft on order.

Emirates originally ordered 150 777X ats the 2013 Dubai Air Show: 115 777-9s and 35 -8s. Another six were added as orders for the 777-300ERs were converted to -9s, bringing total commitments to 156.
At the 2019 Dubai Air Show, the airline converted 30 777X into 30 787-9s. It also confirmed that eleven 777X orders were still up for confirmation, meaning the actual order book showed 115 of them.

At the time, Emirates was unwilling to disclose the number of -9s and -8s it intended to have. Sir Tim Clark said in September 2019 he still had an appetite for the smaller version but had to read in the press that Boeing had postponed development until further notice. The status of this type is still unknown.
The first 777-9 was originally due in 2020, but this had already slipped by a year after issues with the General Electric GE9X had delayed the flight test and certification program. Only last July, Boeing confirmed the first -9s were now set for delivery in 2022.

Emirates’ 2019 fleet review came on the back of two previous ones. The first was in 2017 and resulted in an order for forty Boeing 787-10s, announced at that year’s Dubai Air Show. However, the order was never confirmed with Boeing as a second review resulted in a preference for more smaller widebodies. As part of this review, Emirates reduced its orders for Airbus A380s by 29 to 123 in February 2019 and placed an MoU for forty A330-900s instead.
Come November’s home-town airshow, and the plan was revised again with the A330neo’s deleted from the wish list and a firm order placed for fifty A350-900s, just as thirty 787-9s were preferred over the forty -10s.

The order that never was: the Emirates Airbus A330-900 remains just an artist impression. (Airbus)

Revision number four
Now we are at the fourth fleet revision where a whole new factor has entered the stage: Covid-19. As the world’s biggest long-haul carrier, Emirates is dependent on a traffic segment that has been hit the hardest by the pandemic and which is expected to remain weak for the next three to four years.
Its 114-stong fleet of A380s (the first has been retired) has been kept on the ground from March 24 until July 15, when services resumed to London Heathrow and Paris. From August 1, Amsterdam also saw the A380 again but only for two weeks until August 16, when the 777 returned as the double-decker was too big to justify demand on the route.
Cairo (daily), Toronto (6x per week), and Guangzhou (1x week on Saturdays) are the only destinations served by the A380, with Heathrow having a second rotation since August 1.
Sir Tim Clark and Al Redha have expressed their optimism that the A380 fleet will return to service in 2022, although expect some end of leases before that. Three brand new aircraft are to be delivered this year. Reports that Emirates wishes to cancel the last five remain unconfirmed. These aircraft are already in various stages of final assembly.

Pandemic confirms over-dependence on big widebodies
More than ever before, the pandemic has highlighted Emirates’ dependence on big jets since it has retired its 777-200s and A330s a few years ago. With even a 777-300ER too big for low demand, the airline is in urgent need of more fleet flexibility. The first 787-9s are due in May 2023, but Al Redha acknowledged he would like to have them sooner rather than later as their size and economies are exactly what Emirates needs right now.

Al Redha told Arabian Business that the delivery schedule is still subject of discussions with Boeing, which rather would prefer to have the first 777-9 delivered to Emirates ahead of the first 787-9. This seems like a strange motivation, as Boeing must be eager to sell and deliver as many as widebodies sooner rather than later. It’s a fair guess that Boeing must be considering what to do with the Dreamliner production if a new order from Emirates comes along. CEO David Calhoun announced a revised production rate on July 29 from seven to six per month from 2021 while at the same time starting to review consolidation of Dreamliner production at either Everett or North Charleston.
At lower rates, the 787 production line will be fully booked, although the cancelation by Norwegian of five Dreamliners opens up opportunities to Emirates.

It’s not known if Emirates is also looking to bring forward deliveries of its A350s, of which the first is due in May 2023. Airbus will reduce production from six to five per month from 2021 and been in talks with all customers about deferrals and revised delivery schemes, which include Qatar Airways, Cathay, ALC, and Air France amongst others.

The 777X order book is not only at risk from Emirates. Officially it still stands at 309, but that still includes twenty for Etihad whereas the airline has said earlier it will reduce this to six. ANA, Qatar, Cathay, Singapore Airlines, and likely British Airways have been seeking delivery deferrals but Lufthansa remains committed to receiving the first aircraft in 2022.

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Emirates is reconsidering its commitment to Boeing’s newest jet, the 777X. The Dubai-based carrier is considering swapping as much as one-third of its order of the 777X for the smaller Boeing 787 Dreamliner, according to a person familiar with the matter.

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As first reported by Bloomberg, Emirates is looking to swap between 30 and 45 of its 115 777X orders for Dreamliners. The move would be a troubling one for Boeing and its 777X programme, as Emirates is the largest customer of the yet-to-be-launched aircraft.

Emirates’ move isn’t the first of its kind. Boeing indicated on Monday that it’s at risk of losing nearly 40% of its 777X orders because of delays. With the 777X now slated to debut in 2023 — more than two years later than previously expected — customers are permitted to walk away from their contracts.

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This week, Boeing lowered the backlog of the 777X to just 191 aircraft, according to a regulatory filing. That number, much lower than the 309 firm orders that are listed on the planemaker’s site. Boeing said in an email that the drop is the result of an accounting standard that requires sales at risk of not happening to be removed from the backlog.

In its fourth-quarter earnings call, Boeing detailed that it had taken a $6.5 billion charge for delays to the 777X. The delay could bring additional losses to Boeing when it considers cancellations, production cuts and flight-testing risks.

Emirates, which was one of the first 777X customers, declined to comment on the report that it’s looking to drop some of its 777X order in favour of the 787 Dreamliner.

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to set back the aviation industry, airlines have largely set aside their long-haul routes. As such, the demand for wide-body, twin-aisle planes has decreased — including for the future of the 777X, which is set to be the heir to the superjumbo Boeing 747. Orders for wide-body aircraft with both Boeing and Airbus are expected to be the last to recover from the pandemic-spurred drop in demand. Boeing has already said that it’s cut the output of its Dreamliners.

“The decline in backlog in the fourth quarter reflected aircraft order cancellations and removal of aircraft orders from our backlog due to the ASC 606 accounting standard, including our most recent assessment of 777X backlog due to the revised schedule,” Boeing Chief Financial Officer Greg Smith said on a call with analysts last month.

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Boeing saw a similar slump in orders for the 737 MAX aircraft following its nearly two-year worldwide grounding. More than 1,100 orders for the plane were removed from Boeing’s backlog of the 737 Max.

Related:Boeing’s bad quarter: Company delays 777X, 737 MAX timeline as COVID hits business

In its fourth-quarter earnings report, Boeing posted a record net loss of nearly $12 billion. The two-pronged dagger to Boeing consisted of the ongoing effects of the beleaguered 737 MAX, as well as the COVID-19-spurred downturn in demand.

“I’m sure glad 2020 is in the rearview mirror,” Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun told CNBC.

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