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Alaska closed its $1.9 billion acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines in September, less than a year after inking the deal that gives it access to routes to Asia and Europe with wide-body airplanes such as the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and Airbus A330.
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Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
Whatever the financial merits of the decision, Boeing clearly faced significant disincentives to introduce a BWB aircraft given the potential for cannibalization of its existing wide-body offering.
—Dean Donovan, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
In the wake of two fatal crashes of its 737 Max, Boeing put plans on the back burner for an all-new aircraft that would sit between 737s and wide-body jetliners, and potentially replace aging 757s, which are currently between the two.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2024
Some 33,000 machinists downed tools in Boeing's West Coast factories on Sept. 13, halting production of the best-selling 737 MAX as well as 767 and 777 wide-body programs.
—Daniel Catchpole, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
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Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
Whatever the financial merits of the decision, Boeing clearly faced significant disincentives to introduce a BWB aircraft given the potential for cannibalization of its existing wide-body offering.
—Dean Donovan, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
In the wake of two fatal crashes of its 737 Max, Boeing put plans on the back burner for an all-new aircraft that would sit between 737s and wide-body jetliners, and potentially replace aging 757s, which are currently between the two.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2024
Some 33,000 machinists downed tools in Boeing's West Coast factories on Sept. 13, halting production of the best-selling 737 MAX as well as 767 and 777 wide-body programs.
—Daniel Catchpole, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Wide-body.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wide-body. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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