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Updated · The Boeing Company · Jul 17
Boeing Sees Clear Certification Path for 3 Jet Models as 737-7 Reaches 95%
Updated
Updated · The Boeing Company · Jul 17

Boeing Sees Clear Certification Path for 3 Jet Models as 737-7 Reaches 95%

3 articles · Updated · The Boeing Company · Jul 17

Summary

  • Boeing said years of testing and regulatory work have clarified the remaining steps to certify three delayed aircraft — the 737-7, 737-10 and 777-9.
  • The 737-7 is closest to approval: certification deliverables are 95% complete, certification flight testing is finished, and teams are closing final FAA technical approvals.
  • That program logged 686 flight-test hours across 441 flights, plus 349 hours of ground testing, with final work including certification of the production engine anti-ice solution.
  • Executives said the clearer path gives customers and other stakeholders better visibility into timing after years in which Boeing lacked certainty on how the programs would reach certification.

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