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Old 14th May 2020, 20:31
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Originally Posted by Check Airman
Today isn't a good day for Delta. This announcement is actually the "good" news. According to this

https://news.delta.com/deltas-777-ai...-amid-covid-19

My bold. If the 777 is that much less efficient than the A350, how is Boeing still selling them? What am I missing here?
That's why the 777X is in flight test. The original 777 is 25 years old technology and two decades older than the A350.
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