United looks at Boeing’s ‘paper plane’ and likes what it sees
United Airlines has taken a close look at an all-new jetliner that Boeing engineers are developing for trans-Atlantic flying, and it likes what it sees. “What we’ve seen so far is very, very interesting to us,” Andrew Levy, United’s CFO, said Tuesday. “We certainly hope Boeing launches the airplane. We think there is a need for it.” An endorsement from United, a large Boeing customer, would go a long way toward making the business case for so-called middle-of-market jetliners. Boeing has honed its design to seat between 225 and 260 passengers, while working to bring production costs in line with prices that airlines are willing to pay. United had been among the sceptics of the jets that Boeing has been developing for years to fill the gap in its product line-up between the largest narrow-body 737 models and smallest 787 Dreamliners. <br/>
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United looks at Boeing’s ‘paper plane’ and likes what it sees
United Airlines has taken a close look at an all-new jetliner that Boeing engineers are developing for trans-Atlantic flying, and it likes what it sees. “What we’ve seen so far is very, very interesting to us,” Andrew Levy, United’s CFO, said Tuesday. “We certainly hope Boeing launches the airplane. We think there is a need for it.” An endorsement from United, a large Boeing customer, would go a long way toward making the business case for so-called middle-of-market jetliners. Boeing has honed its design to seat between 225 and 260 passengers, while working to bring production costs in line with prices that airlines are willing to pay. United had been among the sceptics of the jets that Boeing has been developing for years to fill the gap in its product line-up between the largest narrow-body 737 models and smallest 787 Dreamliners. <br/>
