Subj : Re: A Delta Boeing 737-900 loses part of a w
To   : Rug Rat
From : Ward Dossche
Date : Tue Jul 08 2025 14:02:58

RR> Of course the media and general public will only focus on the fact that
RR> it is a Boeing and a 737, and not MX practices with the airline.
 
Boeing has been heavily criticised because they keep on adding things to the 737-concept to increase payload and range but there is a limit, and they have been pushing that limit for a while rather than diving into a broad new design on a white sheet of paper.
 
The market is shifting towards XLR-type single-aisle airplanes which is a gap in the market Boeing has no plane for. AerLingus for example is doing Dublin-DC in an A320LR, Iberia is doing Madrid-Boston in an A321XLR, AirCanada is doing Halifax-Heathrow in a standard A319 ... You will not see a 737 on such intercontinental services.
 
Naw the 757 ... "that" was samething. Always a smooth ride across the Atlantic ...
 
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