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Old 22nd Oct 2017, 04:56
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Which is what I posted in response to you several pages back - Boeing is currently cash flow positive on the 787 to the tune of roughly $25 million per aircraft - and that number is getting better with nearly every delivery.
No question Boeing botched the 787 development big time - and paid a hefty price for that. But it's far from the long term disaster that people like you have made it out to be.
The real question will be what happens with the 777X (and before you dismiss the 777X as being as simple derivative, there is little common between the current 777 and the 777X other than the fuselage diameter - it's pretty much a new aircraft). Will it be close to on-time/on-budget, or will it be a repeat of the 787 fiasco? It'll likely be a couple more years before that question can be answered...
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