05:13 AM EST, 11/11/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Boeing Company ( BA ) has received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to begin the third of five major phases of certification flight tests for 777-9, two people familiar with the matter told The Air Current.

The third phase will be the largest single block of evaluations for the program, the news report said.

The certification and entry into service of the 777-9 have been pushed back to 2027, Boeing ( BA ) announced in October. That, according to The Air Current, is seven years later than its original expected date of 2020.

Boeing ( BA ) did not immediately respond to an out-of-office hours comment request from MTNewswires.

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