boeing missed the RJ Market?

[rumorhasit]

Boeing missed the RJ market and it will probably hurt them...any thoughts?

 

[House_X]

They missed the RJ market big time...they had a chance to buy Dornier which had everything already developed with the 328/428 platform. The Do728 is a great looking airplane and they could compete with the Embrear on that level as well. The 728 is still sitting in Germany and is ready for testing. Boeing continues to reduce the amount of products available to customers while other manufacturers (Airbus, Embaer, Bombardier etc.) bring new products online.

I think Boeing has more interest in high profit defense contracts rather than the building airplanes. They are WILLINGLY letting other aircraft manufacturers take over various civil aviation markets...from the RJ market to Superjumbos. I think in our lifetime you will see Boeing sell off it's civil aviation division and completely divorce themselves from the business of designing and building airplanes.

 

[Erlanger]

Read an article few months ago, that Boeing was planning to enter the RJ business.
Will see what happens but don't for one minute think the RJ market is saturated. They could still design, develop and build one and be competitive even if it takes a few more years to get a production plane out. There will still be a strong market for them years from now.

 

[DoinTime]

Boeing did enter the 'regional' market....its called the 717.

 

[GearDwnFlaps15]

A 50 seater made by Boeing? Man, wouldn't that be nice!!!!!!!

 

[lowecur]

RRJ

Boeing is heavily involved in the Russian Regional Jet. This plane will be available in 2007. They will have 4 different models from 55 seats to 95 seats. Western engines and avionics

http://www.janes.com/aerospace/military/gallery/maks/gallery/rrj_55.shtml

 

[delirious]

test

 

[Palerider957]

Boeing........jeeez, they were too busy with their ultra-fast, ultra-high altitude machine....what a cash guzzling joke that was. Boeing had the chance to jump in and genuinely compete with ERJ/CRJ, but TOTALLY missed the boat.

Someone said the are now working on an RJ of some kind, only about 10 years too late. And they wonder why they are struggling.

I really wish they had made an affordable RJ, this would have helped our economy by pumping billions into it domestically--instead it's going to Brazil and Canada.

 

[ya buoy]

Boeing did enter the 'regional' market....its called the 717.

This is right on the money, when Boeing aquired Douglass they were the proud new owners of an efficient DC-9, an expensive but first class RJ. Why spend millions on tooling, design and manufacturing when you aquire a company tha just did.

 

[FLB717]

The 717 cost less than twice than the CL-65 and has 67 seats more. If your counting that a CL65-200 + a CL65-700 combined in pax size. Tell yourself its an RJ all you want. Just as a 737-700 is an RJ, 127 seats.

 

[belchfire]

When McD bought Douglas in the early
70's, they effectively killed domestic
competition to Boeing. Old man McD
made all his money selling military
hardware and had no interest in the
non military market. There was a Douglas
concept that would have been direct
competition to the 767, McD killed it.

Now it seems that Big B isn't interested
in selling the 717...it is not, no matter
what they call it, a Boeing design. At
one point, the DC-9/MD-80 series was
the most produced jet airliner in the
world, displacing the 727. This (and
growing pressure from Airbus) led to
the revamping of the 737 series.

Too bad that Big B won't take advantage
of having a plane that fits very well
between the rj's and the 737 series.

I think that they missed the boat on
Do-jets, and my understanding is that
the RRJ is intended for the Russo-euro
market rather than US operations.

I would love to see a domestic product
to compete in the RJ market! Gulfstream?
Raytheon? Even Cessna could do it...but
does anyone have the guts?

 

[HerrJeremy]

airbus?

Does Airbus make anything close to a RJ? I bet if they did, that it would give Boeing a kick in the pants.