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Boeing's new CEO orders rethink on New mid-market jetliner project
LONDON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Boeing Co's <BA.N> new chief executive has sent the aerospace giant back to the drawing board on proposals for a new mid-market aircraft, effectively shelving in their current form plans worth $15 billion-$20 billion (www.yahoo.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
What Boeing needs to bring to the market -soon- is a totally new aircraft, that in two different versions can substitute both the 757 and the 737. New engines, new airframe, new technology.
The high DOW killed the 757, and an obsolete technology is about to kill the 737 (it dates back to the Dash-80 of the 50s), huge fans can't help it!
The high DOW killed the 757, and an obsolete technology is about to kill the 737 (it dates back to the Dash-80 of the 50s), huge fans can't help it!
Bonjour
For years Airbus has profited by copying Boeing aircraft and making improvements here and there, especially with newer, lighter, more economical airframe parts and engines. (Only the A380 was anything close to a "clean sheet" aircraft and it cost them dearly because they misread the market badly.) There's no reason why Boeing can't turn the tables and do the same thing in return. Projections show that thousands of aircraft will be needed worldwide in the next couple of decades. It's not too late for Boeing to recover its fair share.
“...effectively shelving in their current form plans worth $15 billion-$20 billion...”: sloppy writing and/or editing courtesy of yahoo.
I doubt preliminary studies and plans for an NMA cost anywhere near that much. $15-$20 billion sounds more like the all-up total cost to develop a clean-sheet new aircraft from concept to entry into service.
I doubt preliminary studies and plans for an NMA cost anywhere near that much. $15-$20 billion sounds more like the all-up total cost to develop a clean-sheet new aircraft from concept to entry into service.
i have never wavered in my hope for a retooled/reengined 757. Maybe some exterior sculpting for more slipperiness, certainly new engines that fit into the existing nacelles, and let her rip: The 757 already works, has huge affection from pilots and the passengers, so Boeing: build on that. No MCAS, maybe fly-by-wire, and decent seat pitch and large bathrooms, and the winner returns for a new run.
Systems and flight controls, an updated version of the 787’s. Landing gear to retain the eight MLG-wheels of 757/767. High-lift devices (flaps & slats) to ensure optimal performance at short and contaminated runways, as well as hot and high elevation airports. Wings optimized for Mach .82 or .84 and eco-ops at FL400 and up to FL460. DOWs of the -200 to compete with the A321neo and -300 retaining the same ratio to the higher occupancy. Powerplants: two ultra-high bypass GTF turbofans of 35,000 to 50,000 lbs thrust each.
The smaller market (130-190 pax) to be served by Embraer, in competition with the originally Canadian A220-100/300/500.
The 797 should gradually take over the assambly line at Renton, ending the historical 148 inches barrel production of 707,727,737, and 757, and making Boeing great again.
Commercial aircraft management to be moved back to the SEA-area, and away from Chicago.
Wonder what Steven Udvar-Hazy is advising the new Boeing top brass to do.