(Reuters) -Delta Air Lines Inc anticipates that the deliveries of the Boeing 737 Max 10 aircraft to the airline could be delayed until as late as 2027, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday, citing an interview with the company CEO Ed Bastian.
Boeing has faced increased scrutiny following a Jan. 5 incident in which a door plug blew off a 737 Max 9 plane mid-flight, sparking fresh concerns about the certification of the already delayed MAX 10 model.
The 737-10, Boeing’s largest Max plane with a maximum seating capacity of 230 passengers, is pending certification by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
“We were already anticipating if it came in ‘25, it’d be late in the year,” Bastian told Bloomberg in an interview Sunday. “My guess is it will be another year or two beyond that.”
Delta currently doesn’t fly any of the MAX variants. The MAX 10 serves as Boeing’s response to Airbus’ highly successful A321 neo and constitutes…
