Posted on 02/21/2016 2:02:13 PM PST by BenLurkin
Boeing aims to broadly replace its 757 model, a top-end narrow-body jet with a single aisle.
The new model would try to rewrite airplane economics by being wide enough for two aisles to seat seven people in each row, but able to produce the skintight margins of a smaller single-aisle, six-abreast plane such as the workhorse Boeing 737 and Airbus A320.
Airbus calls the project a bluff and says it reflects Boeing's frustration at losing market share to its A321.
One of the designs on Boeing's drawing board is an unusually oval-shaped cross-section, rather than a rounder shape typical of most designs. It strips away unneeded cargo space and would potentially be made of weight-saving carbon-composite, industry sources say.
It would also need a new engine that could cost $5 billion to $6 billion to develop.
That comes at a time when engine makers are split over the latest engine technology and marking time in the shifting alliances between General Electric, Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney.
Pratt & Whitney, elbowed out of the commercial market by Rolls and GE in the 1990s, is on the rise again with a geared turbofan design that went into service last month.
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That geared turbofan sounds really interesting.
Well that certainly sounds uh, cozy? Maybe we should have them narrow the seats to oh, say 14 inches. For that snug fit. LOL! You probably don’t want a window seat in this case.
They should be seeking to put passengers where the overhead bins currently are, because that’s what airlines would buy.
Hateful seats ?
I nominate the A-319.
I gave up flying coach class when I found out there was an FAA and ICAO regulation that said if I flew coach I was to be seated between a 400lb German that didn’t bathe and a 17-yr old mother with a 12-month old colicky baby with inner-ear problems.
Have not flown coach since 2000.
LOL! Kudos. We haven’t flown for a few years and don’t have any plans to fly any time soon.
The blame goes to the airline normally. They decide on the seat configuration.
Thinking inside the box again. Why 2 aisles. Put seven across with a single aisle. No reason you couldn’t have 4 and 3 instead of 3 and 3.
Probably need to spend a little on the front end to train the folks used in the timed evacuation drill.
Looking at the numbers, the original 757 could seat up to 239. The modern 737 can now cram in up to 220. So they have actually already replaced the 757. What they probably need to replace is the 737 that would seat 85 to 124. They gave that market to the Brazilians and to a lesser extent, Canadians.
A little bit of info on blended wing.
http://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/12782/why-are-there-no-blended-wing-passenger-airplanes-in-operation
In the past 60 days, we’ve flown on two airlines flying A-319s.
Both seats were awful.
this story is hard to believe
we are well into the 21st Century.
yet Boeing thinks every plane they build
needs its own special engine
Interesting. Reality always has to get in the way of a good idea. Thanks!
That’s in poor taste, and very funny!
Truth. A turbofan with a reduction geared fan. Whooda thunkit?
Seats might have been made by the same company. There are very few companies who make them.
“I still like the blended wing idea”
Unless you are riding outboard. . .imagine the up-down travel when the aircraft banks.
Roller-coaster. . .weeee. . .
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