New Boeing 777 Depends On 787 Success

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http://www.fleetbuzzeditorial.com/2009/10/16/new-777/

Until Boeing shows tangible signs of progress on the 787, any notion that a new 777 replacement could be tabled will remain on the backburner for the interim - but talking about it pressures Airbus and its progress on the A350XWB family too, particularly as the new Airbus twinjet guns for both the smaller 787 and bigger 777 families.

Much will be said of 2009 and how Boeing let itself down, time and again – particularly over the flagship 787 Dreamliner program.

The biggest customer for the Boeing 777, and incidentally the only customer thus far to have owned and operated all six variants, Emirates has been vocal for a number of years now about nudging Boeing in the direction of either an updated 777 or an all new replacement.

Before that can happen, Boeing has numerous hurdles it must overcome in the next 2-4 years before it can actively consider what it wants to do with the current 777 family.