http://www.businessweek.com/articles...obsolete#r=rss
"The 777X will be the first twin-engine jet able to ply long-haul routes with payloads comparable to the larger jumbos. That?s likely to accelerate airlines? shift away from mammoth, four-engine fuel-guzzlers such as Boeing?s latest 747-8 and Airbus?s (EADSY) double-decker A380. ?My assumption is the 747 is dead, or will be dead in a year or two,? says Adam Pilarski, senior vice president at aerospace consultant Avitas. Like the 747 four decades ago, he says, the 777X is aimed at a market segment where it lacks a direct rival and ?may have a very good run.?
Still, Randy Tinseth, Boeing?s vice president for marketing, insists the 747 remains critical to the company?s goal of offering a range of products to satisfy demand for planes with 200 to 500 seats. ?We?re bringing the 777X to the market eyes wide-open with how it will fit in the family,? he says. ?We?re confident the 747-8 will be a great airplane to complement what we?re doing there.?
Well, one of them will be right...
"The first model, the 777-9X, will be able to fly as far as 8,000 nautical miles with more than 400 passengers while burning 20 percent less fuel than the current 777, now the world?s biggest twin-engine jet."
"The new 777X model will boast the biggest engines ever put on a plane, a record wingspan that can be shortened by having the tips fold up after landing, and lower operating costs."
Bodacious Ta-Ta's and folding wingtips on a 777? Maverick and Iceman are licking their chops...
"The 777X will be the first twin-engine jet able to ply long-haul routes with payloads comparable to the larger jumbos. That?s likely to accelerate airlines? shift away from mammoth, four-engine fuel-guzzlers such as Boeing?s latest 747-8 and Airbus?s (EADSY) double-decker A380. ?My assumption is the 747 is dead, or will be dead in a year or two,? says Adam Pilarski, senior vice president at aerospace consultant Avitas. Like the 747 four decades ago, he says, the 777X is aimed at a market segment where it lacks a direct rival and ?may have a very good run.?
Still, Randy Tinseth, Boeing?s vice president for marketing, insists the 747 remains critical to the company?s goal of offering a range of products to satisfy demand for planes with 200 to 500 seats. ?We?re bringing the 777X to the market eyes wide-open with how it will fit in the family,? he says. ?We?re confident the 747-8 will be a great airplane to complement what we?re doing there.?
Well, one of them will be right...
"The first model, the 777-9X, will be able to fly as far as 8,000 nautical miles with more than 400 passengers while burning 20 percent less fuel than the current 777, now the world?s biggest twin-engine jet."
"The new 777X model will boast the biggest engines ever put on a plane, a record wingspan that can be shortened by having the tips fold up after landing, and lower operating costs."
Bodacious Ta-Ta's and folding wingtips on a 777? Maverick and Iceman are licking their chops...
