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Old Dec 4, 2019 | 9:59 am
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Originally Posted by halls120
Same here. If only Boeing hadn’t have destroyed the 757 tooling, they’d be selling re-engined/new wing versions right and left.....
I'm not sure an updated 757 would be efficient enough to compete against the A321NEO/LR/XLR. Like the 73MAX7, a 757MAX would also be a decades-old platform. Plus the 737 and 757 would be two different type, while Airbus can cover that range with one type. I think a better solution would be launching an all-new narrowbody to serve as a 737NG and 757 replacement. A hypothetical 797:
797-8: baseline version, same size as 737-800
797-9: stretched version, similar size as 737-900ER/757-200/A321
797-9ER: extended range version, A321XLR competitor
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