Comments on: Boeing Issues 787 Dreamliner Statement

By: Dashaun

Dashaun — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:35:39 +0000

Very interesting about hearing thier will be a new boeing 787 airplane i cant wait to fly in those planes

By: Dougloid

Dougloid — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:08:02 +0000

Good general survey. Chris, I don’t know how you can call the B777 ‘venerable’. It’s only been in production what? twelve years? There’s a lot that can be done with it as we move forward. To draw an analogy, we still haven’t seen SP1.

By: Chris Cook

Chris Cook — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:15:16 +0000

Very interesting and certainly a thought provoking article. Certainly the two larger A350 variants have very compelling economics on offer, and this no doubt will prompt Boeing to offer a “performance improvement package” of sorts for the venerable 777-200LR and -300ER. This should make the 777 even more fuel-efficient and will certainly close the gap to the A350’s economic advantage. Boeing has already hinted at aerodynamic treatments to the highly acclaimed 777’s wing, as well as performance tweaks to the GE90s. Certainly, the economic advantage of operating a 777 years before an A350 is very, very compelling and further, by the time the A350 starts settling in, more than likely an all-new 777 will be ready for EIS, so why not just stay with 777s?

By: BOEING777

BOEING777 — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:01:49 +0000

For a start, with oil prices as high as they are, the A350-1000 is certainly an enviable airplane to select over the 777-300ER. Only problem is its not available right now, where the 777-300ER is.

Orders placed today for the big Boeing will mean deliveries will alleviate some operational pressure - I guess most carriers will eventually operate both airplanes alongside each other until Boeing decides to upgrade or entirely replace the 777.

“Boeing told porkies last time there were delays so exactly how is this reassuring?”

It’s small consolation, but I suspect that if there were a delay due to the wing box issue, making it public with that statement would have been the best time to do so.

By: Jebson

Jebson — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:18:35 +0000

Yep. 777-300ER is wider 12′ than the A350-100. It also weighs much more and needs 30,000 litres extra fuel to carry just 15 extra passengers slower and less distance than the A350. So you tell me, will airlines go for 12′ width or millions of $ in fuel savings?

Just as the 787 will wipe the floor with the A330 so will the A350 to the 777. Sure a few of the old metal models will be sold for medium haul or for freighters but they will both soon be obsolete.

The statement from Boeing is both reassuring and refreshing to see. At a stroke, it dispels much of the speculative mis-speak and ill-informed hearsay that somehow permeates through the airwaves, which some believe to be sacrosanct.

Well Boeing told porkies last time there were delays so exactly how is this reassuring?

By: Aurora

Aurora — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:23:19 +0000

WRT selling more 777s, they’ll have to figure out how to up the production rate. Airbus is pushing for an A330 increase. If this is indeed part of Boeing’s recovery strategy, they’ll have to figure this out.

By: BOEING777

BOEING777 — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:36:09 +0000

…In that the company has time to get the 787 as ready as it ever will be for flights tests, and allows Boeing to sell the equally successful 777 family to those customers waiting for their Dreamliners.

At a stroke, this potentially takes away customers for the rival A350, which isn’t available anyway for a good five to six years.

The 777 sales keep ticking along and once ready for service entry, the 787 can do the job for which it was designed.