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Airbus poised to corner Boeing with the new extended A220 variant
WASHINGTON — Developing a new commercial plane is a costly and time-consuming process that requires a lot of technical expertise, and there is no guarantee of success, as demonstrated by the Airbus A380, which was only produced for a short period of time. The iconic superjumbo couldn't earn back the $20 billion it cost to develop before it was discontinued in 2019. This is why the aerospace industry nowadays prefers to modify, lengthen, and redesign existing models at a much lower cost… (www.airlinerwatch.com) 기타...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I think with the current production backlog Airbus is going to have to show some kind of performance increase or it is just out of the game. Asking a customer to order a new aircraft when he has to wait that long to see his product is out of the question in today's market. Boeing on the other hand can easily ramp up and come to market in 5 years with a new 797 aircraft and make Airbus look second best if it wants to.
They need to modify the A380 just like a330 to a330neo, there will be significant changes.
Too bad Boeing was so quick to bury The Douglas brand the highly updated MD-95 and potential later successors. That was their mid 100 pax market that had a familiar presence and history. They should have learned with this line how to update an overhead panel as the 737 still looks like 1965.
Amazing how there is one person with TDS. Really kind of funny in a sad way. Like a burr under a saddle.
The A220 has this far been a really lousy aircraft. The BCS1 can't climb even if it's life depended on it. The BCS2 and 3 are slightly better, but not much. As much as Boeing deserves to be kicked into the abiss right now, the A220 will never be legitimate competition for the 737 - despite all the 737 issues
IMHO, Boeing has no one to blame but itself for the A220-500 being set up as another nail in the coffin of its commercial operations. It is Boeing, via its bullying legal tactics at the time aimed at sinking a smaller company that had/has better technology, that basically pushed Bombardier into accepting Airbus's offer to buy it out. Guess what - karma comes back to haunt them. When the Boeing board allowed its leadership to neuter its engineering side and allow an unfettered commercial (ie: stock price and leadership financial incentives) approach to business, it set itself up for what we see today from that company. Can the commercial side ever fully recover to its former role as a global aviation leader? I doubt it. Perhaps too big to fail in the USA but would be a showdo of what they were. All IMHO.