Embraer to be known as Boeing Brazil
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Embraer to be known as Boeing Brazil
Well, the commercial division of Embraer, will be known as Boeing Brasil - Commercial. No decision however has been made to rebrand the ERJ Ejets to ‘Boeing’ however, but I personally like the sound of the Boeing 195. :-)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-embraer-m-a-boeing/boeing-drops-embraer-name-from-brazil-commercial-jet-division-
Could Boeing be thinking about supersizing the E195 E2 to 180 seats or more, as a replacement for the 737NG? This might be a good solution to the MAX debacle if public perception about the safety of the MAX remains low.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-embraer-m-a-boeing/boeing-drops-embraer-name-from-brazil-commercial-jet-division-
Could Boeing be thinking about supersizing the E195 E2 to 180 seats or more, as a replacement for the 737NG? This might be a good solution to the MAX debacle if public perception about the safety of the MAX remains low.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but that's more rows than anyone has ever put in a narrow-body airliner. Even the longest DC-8 stretch only had about 44 rows, and of course that was a 6-abreast cabin.
A 188-seat, 4-abreast cabin would be an operational nightmare.
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Even the longest DC-8 stretch only had about 44 rows, and of course that was a 6-abreast cabin.
I wouldn't expect to see a 47 row narrow body airliner!
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No, I don't mean stretching. I mean a larger fuselage about the same size as the 737, but using the design and technology of the E2. It would save Boeing having to start from scratch in designing a completely new FBW 180 seater aircraft. Why else would Boeing be interested in buying Embraer's commercial division? The regional aircraft market has never been their niche.
I'd only got as far as working out that you didn't mean a bigger burger with more fries.
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Here you go!
The E2 design is already old...wings arent even composite...why upgrade to compete with yourself? There are less than 200 195-E2's on order, and it is doubtful it will be successful, especially up against the 220 series.
Simple, they got shamed into it by the success of the Airbus CS acquisition.
No, I don't mean stretching. I mean a larger fuselage about the same size as the 737, but using the design and technology of the E2.
Why else would Boeing be interested in buying Embraer's commercial division? The regional aircraft market has never been their niche.
And of course Boeing kept the MD-95 when they bought McD, renamed as the 717. Which was basically a throwback to McD's own "regional" entry of the 1960s - the original unstretched DC-9. The B717 replaced QANTAS's BAe-146 regionals, and is the "regional" (intrastate) jet for Hawaiian. Delta uses theirs on "regional-like" routes, and was happy to snap up airTran's 717s after its merger with SWA.
However, that doesn't mean Boeing can't use fresh ideas in the "even-smaller" end of the market. The 736 hasn't been a great seller, nor was the B717 overall.
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I'm neither pro Airbus or Boeing. However, I can't help thinking that the rushed MAX (following the NEO), and the Embraer deal (after Airbus/Bombardier) are panic moves by a company whose executives have lost the plot and can only try and survive by trying desperately to keep up with their neighbours, so to speak.
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I have travelled on Condor 757-300 several times during the last six months. There is nothing wrong with the cabin, the seats are comfortable. Hope they will be able to operate them for quite a while.
