07:16 AM EDT, 07/15/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Boeing ( BA ) conducted the first certification flight test for its long-delayed 777-9 plane on Friday under the oversight of the US Federal Aviation Administration, the company said in a post on X Saturday.

Boeing ( BA ) received a type inspection authorization from the FAA and expects the 777-9 to enter service next year, media outlets reported Monday.

"The 777-9 flight-test fleet will undergo the most thorough commercial flight-test effort Boeing ( BA ) has ever undertaken," Boeing ( BA ) was quoted as saying in a report from aviation news site FlightGlobal.

Neither Boeing ( BA ) nor the FAA immediately responded to MT Newswires' requests for comment.

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