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Old 7th Nov 2022, 17:49
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Originally Posted by PEI_3721
Boeing: “We won’t contemplate a new airplane”

https://airinsight.com/boeing-we-won...-new-airplane/

… until we know we’re capable of doing that.
A more factual interpretation would be:
After the financial bath we've taken over the last four years (due to the MAX and COVID), we can't afford to launch a new airplane program for the next five or ten years.
So we're desperately hoping that the technological progress over the next decade makes that a financially wise move...
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