Boeing rethinks 787-3's future
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January 11, 2010, Monday
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BOEING Co is reevaluating plans for a short-range version of its 787 airplane after the sole airline with pending orders went with other Boeing models instead.
Randy Tinseth, vice president of marketing for Boeing's commercial airplanes division, wrote in a company blog that Boeing will "continue to assess the market viability" of the 787-3, a model that Boeing describes as a "super-efficient airplane" aimed at the middle of the market. Boeing says the plane uses 20 percent less fuel than other planes of its size, and seats 290 to 330 passengers and has a range of 4,600 to 5,612 kilometers.
Boeing has poured billions of dollars into developing the family of the sleek blue-and-white 787 jetliners, which feature radical departures from other planes in design to make the planes quieter, lighter and less fuel-thirsty. The initial flight of a 787 took place last month, two years behind schedule as the program has been plagued by parts problems and other delays.
The move to rethink the 787-3's future comes after Japan's All Nippon Airways Co converted its 787-3 orders into other models, a decision that left Boeing with no orders left for the plane in the company's backlog, Tinseth said.
"Simply put, getting aircraft into their hands for earlier delivery was a better solution for them," Tinseth wrote in the blog posting last Friday.
Other models in the 787 family include the 787-8, which can carry 210 to 250 passengers with a range of 14,076 to 15,088 kilometers, and the 787-9, which can carry 250 to 290 passengers over 14,720 to 15,640 kilometers.
Randy Tinseth, vice president of marketing for Boeing's commercial airplanes division, wrote in a company blog that Boeing will "continue to assess the market viability" of the 787-3, a model that Boeing describes as a "super-efficient airplane" aimed at the middle of the market. Boeing says the plane uses 20 percent less fuel than other planes of its size, and seats 290 to 330 passengers and has a range of 4,600 to 5,612 kilometers.
Boeing has poured billions of dollars into developing the family of the sleek blue-and-white 787 jetliners, which feature radical departures from other planes in design to make the planes quieter, lighter and less fuel-thirsty. The initial flight of a 787 took place last month, two years behind schedule as the program has been plagued by parts problems and other delays.
The move to rethink the 787-3's future comes after Japan's All Nippon Airways Co converted its 787-3 orders into other models, a decision that left Boeing with no orders left for the plane in the company's backlog, Tinseth said.
"Simply put, getting aircraft into their hands for earlier delivery was a better solution for them," Tinseth wrote in the blog posting last Friday.
Other models in the 787 family include the 787-8, which can carry 210 to 250 passengers with a range of 14,076 to 15,088 kilometers, and the 787-9, which can carry 250 to 290 passengers over 14,720 to 15,640 kilometers.
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