Boeing Has Started Working on a 737 MAX Replacement (msn.com)
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- News link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/09/30/1456248/boeing-has-started-working-on-a-737-max-replacement
- Source link: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/general/boeing-has-started-working-on-a-737-max-replacement/ar-AA1NydvC
> Boeing is planning [1]a new single-aisle airplane that would succeed the 737 MAX , according to people familiar with the matter, a long-term bid to recover business lost to rival Airbus during its series of safety and quality problems. Earlier this year, Chief Executive Kelly Ortberg met with officials from Rolls-Royce in the U.K., two of the people said, where they discussed a new engine for the aircraft. Ortberg appointed a new senior product chief in Boeing's commercial plane business, whose prior role was developing a new type of aircraft.
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> Boeing has also been designing the flight deck of a new narrow-body aircraft, according to a person familiar with the plans. This new aircraft is in early-stage development and plans are still taking shape, some of the people said. Boeing's plans represent a shift for the company, which had put some new aircraft development work on the back burner while it navigated multiple challenges. They are also a sign that the company is betting that a cutting-edge plane design could power its business for the next few decades.
[1] https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/general/boeing-has-started-working-on-a-737-max-replacement/ar-AA1NydvC
What will they call it? (Score:1)
The New and Improved 737 ULTRA!
Good News, but Missed Opportunity (Score:2)
New-gen little twin is great news for them..
But, they've wasted two opportunities:
1. They got the DC9 Super 95 (or MD-95) when they bought Douglas. They sold it for a bit as the 717. This is a five-abreast plane, smaller than a 737. This would have been *ideal* for small fields like Charlotte and for short hops, like it was designed for. But nooooo, to "save" the 737 they canned this one. That let Bombardier eat that market alive.
2. When they were designing the 787 they shoud've done the same trick t
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You clearly never flew on an MD-95. They were the most uncomfortable and clunkiest aircraft in the sky; a primary reason why McDonald-Douglas was for sale.
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Mmhmm. Prior to the McDonnell-Douglas takeover, Boeing seemed to have generally been on a track of continuous development/redevelopment, working on new designs and working on revamps of their existing designs for subsequent revs even as in-development revs were approaching final approval.
Looking at the history of McDonnell-Douglas, they basically relied on the legacies of the DC-9 (1965) and DC-10 (1971) until even after the Boeing merger. The DC-9/MD-80 series/MD-90 Series/Boeing-717 and the DC-10/MD-11
Just acquire the Overture (Score:2)
If Boeing is looking for something more innovative than their existing designs, they should consider acquiring Boom Technology to obtain their [1]Overture [wikipedia.org] supersonic plane, and then scale the production of it to reduce costs and improve revenue passenger miles. There's already an order backlog for the Overture as well.
Here's a video of the final XB-1 demonstrator test flight: [2]https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boom_Overture
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv83KwO1qCs
Don't wait for it.... (Score:2)
Given Boeing's present day bureaucratic notions of efficiency (defense contractor syndrome), we should see a new plane to replace the 737 sometime around 2040
They already have one (Score:2)
It's called a 757.
Only reason they favoured the 737 is that the airlines wouldn't have to recertify their existing pool of 737 pilots.
Mangaement is the problem, not the current model (Score:2)
The entire Boeing problem started when they decided to value MBAs more than Masters in Engineering. They moved their headquarters away from the factories and put profits above quality. But in aircraft, quality = safety = business reputation.
I guess we're back to step 1? (Score:2)
1) "don't crash"
2) TBA
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Probably an Ilyushin fan