By Tim Hepher

DUBAI (Reuters) -Boeing plans to lay out the path to certification of its much-delayed 777x mini-jumbo programme in contacts with airlines at this week’s Dubai Airshow rather than use the event to maximise new order announcements, a high-level executive said on Sunday.

Boeing last month announced a new delay and took a $4.9 billion charge for its largest twin-engined plane, pushing deliveries to 2027, seven years later than originally planned.

“We always want to fight, compete and win but it’s not about orders for me in the next two to three days,” Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Stephanie Pope said ahead of the November 17-21 show.

“It’s about engaging … and being transparent with our customers, highlighting the progress …and then any issues or concerns that they have,”

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