Emirates Dashes Hope for New Airbus A350 Order Amid Engine Woes

Emirates President Tim Clark said he’ll refrain from an order for Airbus SE’s A350-1000 aircraft for now, the manufacturer’s largest plane on order, as he waits for the jet’s engines to improve the durability and performance metrics he’s long criticized.

Speaking a day after Emirates ordered 65 additional Boeing Co. 777X jets, Clark said the competing Airbus model is “not going to be in our purview” for the time being, and that he wants to first see how an upgraded version of the Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc-made engines stacks up in flight from 2028.