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Boeing's New Midsize Airplane: Low Development Cost, Price Are Key

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Fabrice Bregier, 54, has been CEO of Airbus since 2012. He had been chief operating officer since 2006 and was in charge of implementing the Power 8 program. Bregier joined Airbus from what was called Eurocopter, where he was CEO. At Airbus, Bregier has overseen the introduction of the A350 and A320neo into commercial service. He and his company now face the daunting task of ramping up single-aisle production to unheard-of rates. Bregier spoke with Aviation Week’s managing editor-commercial, Jens Flottau, about the ramp-up and other challenges, in his office in Toulouse.

 

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Two years after Boeing launched studies for a new middle-of-the-market (MOM) aircraft, the first clear picture is beginning to emerge to show where the company’s evaluations are going and what kind of family may be developed.


After boiling down input from 36 airlines and operators, Boeing’s market consensus is that there is a need for a 200-270-seat aircraft with a range of up to 5,000 nm. The aircraft will have a sixth-generation composite wing, more electrical systems and advanced, high-bypass-ratio engines. It also may feature an unusual elliptical fuselage cross section, optimized to provide twin-aisle capacity with single-aisle economics.


Boeing is increasingly convinced that an unaddressed, and sizable, market for a new midsize airplane (NMA) exists between today’s single-aisle Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 category and the medium-capacity twin-aisle Boeing 787 and Airbus A330 and A350. The broader potential market, including the upper end of the 737 replacement and lower sections of the smaller widebody capacities, could be as large as 5,000 aircraft, of which 2,000-3,000 form the true NMA sweet spot, or the heart of the MOM sector.


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It seems a bit audacious given the economies of scale and competitiveness with the 787...

 

Really believe the focus should be on reworking the 737 completely, to offer an operational alternative to airlines that are not Southwest.. This would see better fleet integration with existing and planned types such as the 787 and 777X project.

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