# Boeing delays first 777X delivery to 2027 and takes a $4.9 billion charge

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Date: 29 Oct 2025
About: [Boeing](https://technooptimist.io/companies/boeing.md) · [Boeing 777X](https://technooptimist.io/aviation/777x.md)
Original source: https://www.clickondetroit.com/business/2025/10/29/boeing-pushes-777x-jet-deliveries-to-2027-amid-certification-delays/

Boeing pushed the first 777X delivery from 2026 to 2027 and booked a $4.9 billion charge in its third quarter. CEO Kelly Ortberg blamed the certification process rather than newly found technical problems. It is the latest of several slips for a jet once due in service around 2020.

## Key facts

- First delivery moved from 2026 to 2027; $4.9B charge in the quarter to September 2025
- Ortberg: the delay comes from certification, not new technical issues
- Qatar Airways is waiting on 124 777X jets; Emirates had ordered 205
- Boeing calls it the world's largest and most efficient twin-engine jet

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