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Old May 14, 2024 | 6:29 pm
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Originally Posted by ChamplinAl
If Boeing still wants a twin isle and the seat rows will be 2-3-2, instead of calling it a NMA or a B797, why doesn't the Boeing Boyz just use the moniker B767 NG, which is what it would be modeled after, the 2-3-2 row seating.
With new more efficient engines and with the carry over experience of the "classic" B767's, the certification would (or should) be a no brain-er. If the Boeing folks go with a composite fuselage (for even more efficiency), now we are back to a "clean slate" B797 game again.
I doubt we will ever see a 2-3-2 twin aisle plane again. The airlines these days are all about cramming people into seats - they'd demand, at a minimum, 3-3-3 "so the seat layouts are standardized."

I still have great memories of 2-5-2 on the 777.
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