Will Boeing ever make a 797?

Will Boeing ever make a 797?

The range would enable the 797 to fly the vast majority of routes around Asia as well as most trans-Pacific routes and all trans-Atlantic routes. Boeing sees the market at about 5000 to 7000 aircraft over 20 years and sees the aircraft as a stimulus to the market creating thousands of new routes thus new business.

Is Boeing a bigger company than Airbus?

The competition between Airbus and Boeing has been characterised as a duopoly in the large jet airliner market since the 1990s. In 2019, Airbus displaced Boeing as the largest aerospace company by revenue due to the Boeing 737 MAX groundings, with revenues of US$78.9 billion and US$76 billion respectively.

Is Boeing building a new plane?

Boeing is planning for its next jet to replace the 757 and 767 models that it introduced four decades ago. The new aircraft would fill a gaping hole in Boeing’s current product portfolio between the largest 737 MAX model (the 737 MAX 10) and the smallest Dreamliner model (the 787-8).

Why is Boeing’s 797 design so difficult?

Hazy said Boeing’s task to design the 797 is very difficult because, as Airbus has made clear at Farnborough, it plans to offer airlines good alternatives that will cost much less. The 797 is conceived as a two-airplane family seating 220 to 270 passengers and with a range of about 5,000 nautical miles.

Should Boeing bring the 797 to market before the XLR?

If Boeing couldn’t bring the 797 to market before the XLR, then it might as well take its time and make the 797 better. Unfortunately, Boeing’s attention was quickly shifted to the 737 MAX program when the aircraft suffered two crashes.

What happened to the Boeing 737 MAX?

Unfortunately, Boeing’s attention was quickly shifted to the 737 MAX program when the aircraft suffered two crashes. The firm froze all development until it could determine the problem, and then for when it could resume construction of the type. This is still ongoing today and the Boeing 737 MAX is only now starting to undergo recertification.

What is Boeing’s biggest challenge?

“Boeing’s challenge is to make the plane affordable,” Steven Udvar-Hazy, executive chairman of Air Lease Corp. and a hugely influential figure in the aviation market, said in an interview Wednesday in London during the Farnborough Air Show.