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Former 787 vice president and gm Mike Bair will run Boeing's next-gen 737 development, dubbed the "Advanced 737 Product Development Program."
Formal announcement expected shortly. [via FlightBlogger]
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Former 787 vice president and gm Mike Bair will run Boeing's next-gen 737 development, dubbed the "Advanced 737 Product Development Program."
Formal announcement expected shortly. [via FlightBlogger]
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Boeing has also created an 777 Advanced Product-Development team to study the future of the long-range twin-engine jetliner and will be headed by Lars Anderson, current head of the 777 program.
There thinking. Good for Boeing. The new generations of those planes r going to be big sellers. I think they need to do this for the 767 line as well. The current ones out there are aged and will need replacing down the line.
The 767 line will be shut down, there is no reason to keep the it going, the 767 has been out for over 20 years, the 787 will replace the 767.Quote:
Originally Posted by NLovis
Now the 777 has no Boeing replacement and is has been around for a little over 10 years, there is no Boeing replacement for the 737NG...
Er the 787 Dreamliner is replacing the 757. So what if its been out for 20 years just means its a good line. What your saying is they should also shut down the 737 and 747 line cause they have been around over 40 years. Its a credit to the company to have a line in production after all that time and personally I think they can still do some more with the 767 line.Quote:
Originally Posted by Midnight Mike
The 787 is replacing the 767 :wink: (best not to argue, just look it up :wink: )Quote:
Originally Posted by NLovis
The 737NG is still a fairly new bird, you are thinking of the 737 classics. The 737NG which covers the 737-600,700,800,900 came out in the 1990's.
The 747-400 is being replaced by the 747-8, you are thinking of the 747-100, 200, 300 aircraft. As the 747-400 came out in the late 1980's
It could be argued that while the 787 is largely replacing the 767, it's also some degree of an answer to the 757 - though not a very good one.Quote:
The 787 is replacing the 767 :wink: (best not to argue, just look it up :wink: )
They haven't closed it yet, and are still pumping out several 767's a month - mostly to UPS, DHL, and a handful of pax versions for ANA and JAL still come out from time to time. The big kicker for the long-term viability of the program is whether boeing will win the tanker contract. If they do, we'll be seeing 767's coming out for awhile to come.Quote:
I think they can still do some more with the 767 line.
Actually, if I remember correctly the 737-900 is kind of a replacement for the 757. It's not a big difference since nowadays most of the 757 routes are being done by more efficient narrowbody Airbuses and 737s.
The 787 stretched versions could replace a lot of the 777-200s eventually.
I'm not excited at all to see 737s and 787s replacing Boeing 757s and 777s but welcome to the boring twinjet era.