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Chicago (AP) - The US aircraft manufacturer Boeing has to fear more than a third of its orders for its large-capacity jet 777X because of the renewed delays in the development.
The group put its order backlog on Monday (local time) at only 191 machines of the type, 38 percent less than stated on the group's website.
Because the first delivery of the model is postponed to the end of 2023, some customers can withdraw from their orders.
Boeing explained the reduced order backlog with an accounting rule according to which the group had to remove endangered orders from the list.
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Boeing announced further delays in the development and approval of the model last week.
With the postponement to the end of 2023, the first delivery is around three years behind the original schedule.
At the end of 2020, Boeing posted a special charge of 6.5 billion US dollars in this context, which meant that the company had to cope with a record loss of 11.9 billion dollars for the full year.
In a statement to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Boeing warned that the 777X could become even heavier in the event of cancellations, production cuts and problems with flight tests.
The 777X is the fuel-saving new edition of the long-standing bestseller Boeing 777. Machines of this size are used in long-haul traffic, and according to industry estimates, this business will be the last to recover from the slump as a result of the Corona crisis.
Boeing has cut production of the 777 and 777X as well as the smaller long-haul jet 787 “Dreamliner”.
Its European rival Airbus did the same with its A350 and A330neo models.
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The Arab major Boeing customer Emirates has already indicated that it will transfer part of its orders from the 777X to the "Dreamliner".
Usually airlines can withdraw from orders if the delivery of an aircraft is delayed by more than a year.
As a result, Boeing had already had to delete orders for more than 1,100 copies of its medium-haul jet 737 Max from its inventory after the company was unable to deliver the model for more than a year and a half after two fatal crashes and an official take-off ban.
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