Boeing Ponders 757 Replacement

sully2010

After years of saying they would not consider a 757 replacement and the 737-900 would do the job, it seems they are reconsidering. I would say a big part of it is Delta in their ear and they may also be seeing the a321neo as a bigger threat than they first thought.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-02-11/boeing-ponders-transcontinental-u-dot-s-dot-jet-to-replace-lamented-757

http://airchive.com/blog/2014/02/11/next-boeing-clean-sheet-will-probably-757-replacement/

kub

sully2010 wrote: »

After years of saying they would not consider a 757 replacement and the 737-900 would do the job, it seems they are reconsidering. I would say a big part of it is Delta in their ear and they may also be seeing the a321neo as a bigger threat than they first thought.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-02-11/boeing-ponders-transcontinental-u-dot-s-dot-jet-to-replace-lamented-757

http://airchive.com/blog/2014/02/11/next-boeing-clean-sheet-will-probably-757-replacement/

Don't mind Delta, obviously a Boeing executive heard about Aer Lingus and the fact that they are once again operating Boeing aircraft (kinda) and especially the 757, that they felt that Aer Lingus knew better so they are now reconsidering.

Locker10a

kub wrote: »

Don't mind Delta, obviously a Boeing executive heard about Aer Lingus and the fact that they are once again operating Boeing aircraft (kinda) and especially the 757, that they felt that Aer Lingus knew better so they are now reconsidering.

Ya sure a few locals from SNN rang up Boeing and told them its a great aircraft for their routes and Boeing said Grand so we'll get on it right away for ye

Tenger

Seems like a fluff piece to me. This has been debated back and forth for approx 5-8 years. (The current B757 niche only developed after production had halted)

This article implies that there is a market for up to 1000 B757 replacements...however approx 80% of the B757 capabilities is covered by the B739MAX/A321neo. So why would Boeing build a new aircraft that may only be attractive to the other 20%.

The B787 when envisioned was seen as a replacement for the B767. Boeing had a long term goal of a B737/B757 replacement in place by now to cover 100-230 capacity. I think this was called Y1. However the A320neo pushed them to a quickfix and develop the B737MAX...so the Future B737/B757 successor is even further away than ever.

Runte said in an e-mail. “An all-new aircraft in this size or even slightly larger would allow the company to optimize passenger capacity and range and even potentially adopt an interesting interior layout.” As usual aircraft designers mention "interesting interior layout" when all the airlines want is seating capacity. (Unless you are a private buyer of course!)

IRLConor

Tenger wrote: »

so the Future B737/B757 successor is even further away than ever.

Up until relatively recently I would have thought that this would come in the form of a narrowbody contemporary of the 787 with as much of the new tech created for the 787 incorporated into it.

I suspect that with the teething problems of the 787 this is now even less likely to hit a drawing board for a while yet.

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Another reason the 737 is being rehashed in another (very similar) guise is because of Southwest. They have been keeping the advancement of the 737 back for decades and as the launch customer for the Max this is likely to continue.
737 drivers can expect another 10 years of 707 era flightdeck layout!