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The Next Boeing Clean-Sheet Will Probably Be a 757 Replacement
A total of 1,050 757s were produced from 1981 to 2004, with the last aircraft delivered to Shanghai Airlines in November of 2005. The secondary market for the 757 has shown considerable strength, especially amongst cargo operators thanks to the aircraft’s capabilities. But passenger operators have steadily replaced the type with the Boeing 737-900ER and Airbus A321. (airchive.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
flew the 757 for a short while. Best airplane ever built. Every US Legacy carrier operates them and most likely would have continued to purchase them if Boeing still made them. Perhaps they should have done a 757NG with reengineered engines.
Boy I would LOVE to see that!! How awesome!
Never really understood why they stopped production altogether anyhow. I love the 757. Perhaps not as timeless as some of the other Boeing designs, but sexy in her own right and a thrill to fly(sim).
I LOVED flying on the 757 out of SNA! That climb was amazing.
It is a pilot's airplane
Well, supposedly the 767 was the successor and to a degree it is but in looks and performance, it can't hold a candle. The 757 is just a good looking, high stepping gal, and is downright graceful taking off.
The 767 was actually created before the 757.
Yeah, there was almost a co-development; seems like the 767 actually hit the street close to a year earlier and I'm thinkin' that it was basically supposed to be the difference between a single aisle and wide body. In the pointy end, they carried the same type rating, requiring only a short transition to sit down in one. As far as the production thing, the 737 and the 767 just won out from a sales standpoint. Looks don't sell airplanes when the bean counters that buy them all look at numbers. That was all back in the 80's and I have slept since then. LOL
The 757 was outselling the 767, nearly a decade ago when the 757 was discontinued. In fact the 767 only surpassed the 757 in total deliveries last year.
The only Boeing models that the 757 outsold were the 767 and the 717 (the 717 wasn't even a Boeing plane, so the 767 was the only Bkeijg plane to be bested by the 757.
The 757 has outsold every Airbus model ever made, except the A320 and the A330. Like the 767, the A330 only surpasses the 757 last year, nearly a decade after the discontinuance of the 757. So you can say that the 757 outsold every Airbus model except the A320, while the 757 was available.
At over 1,000 planes sold, the 757 did a decent amount of business.
The only Boeing models that the 757 outsold were the 767 and the 717 (the 717 wasn't even a Boeing plane, so the 767 was the only Bkeijg plane to be bested by the 757.
The 757 has outsold every Airbus model ever made, except the A320 and the A330. Like the 767, the A330 only surpasses the 757 last year, nearly a decade after the discontinuance of the 757. So you can say that the 757 outsold every Airbus model except the A320, while the 757 was available.
At over 1,000 planes sold, the 757 did a decent amount of business.
717 actually was in fact a Boeing product back in the very late 50's. It was the military counterpart to the 707. Had a different fuselage and different wing as well but still looked similar. When the Air Force redesignated it as a C-135 ( many variants of the 135...KC, WC, NKC, RC (not to be confused with a civilian 747flying along the no-fly line at night.....), Boeing retired the 717 designation until the 1990s when McDonald Douglass joined together with Boeing and produced a newer version of the S80.
The 757 and 767 were developed at the same time. But the 757 was outselling the 767 when the 757 was discontinued, even though 767 deliveries began before the 757. So the 757 was clearly selling better.
The longest 737s come close to replacing the 757 in capacity, even if it can't replace all the missions.
The 767 didn't really have a replacement until the similarly sized 787, that is currently filling that market segment.
If they decide there is a market for longer range narrowbodies, than a 757 replacement will be made. The 737 variants easily handle shorter and medium range needs.
The 787 handles the longer range efficiently in a widebody. If they decide to bring that extra efficiency to a narrowbody, that would be that clean sheet 757 replacement, that may come next decade.
Hopefully, that extra efficiency would increase payload, and more importantly range. The 757 occasionsly must make a gas stop on some transcontinental and trans Atlantic return legs. The extra efficiency would actually make such a replacement even more useful.
The longest 737s come close to replacing the 757 in capacity, even if it can't replace all the missions.
The 767 didn't really have a replacement until the similarly sized 787, that is currently filling that market segment.
If they decide there is a market for longer range narrowbodies, than a 757 replacement will be made. The 737 variants easily handle shorter and medium range needs.
The 787 handles the longer range efficiently in a widebody. If they decide to bring that extra efficiency to a narrowbody, that would be that clean sheet 757 replacement, that may come next decade.
Hopefully, that extra efficiency would increase payload, and more importantly range. The 757 occasionsly must make a gas stop on some transcontinental and trans Atlantic return legs. The extra efficiency would actually make such a replacement even more useful.