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Boeing Says 777X Certification Target Remains Late 2023
A decision by the FAA to reject a request for type inspection authorization appears not to have changed Boeing’s target for 777X approval.
Boeing says its projection for completing certification of its new 777X widebody remains set for late 2023. (Photo: Boeing)
Boeing says its projection for completing certification of its new 777X widebody remains set for late 2023. (Photo: Boeing)

The late 2023 certification target for the 777X has not changed since Boeing updated securities analysts during a January earnings call, the manufacturer said in a written statement to AIN Monday, some six weeks after an FAA decision to reject the company’s request for type inspection authorization (TIA). First published in the Seattle Times, reports of the TIA rejection revealed that a May 13 letter from the agency explaining the reasoning for its decision raised what the paper called a litany of concerns, including an uncommanded pitch event last December 8.