Thread: 717 phase out?
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Old 03-22-2019 | 08:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Mesabah
Pratt is still in it, GE will not participate unless they are the single supplier. GE/CFM needs a clean slate design that will take a decade or more. Rolls has stated they have too many problems with their current engines to develop a new program. Really, the only option Boeing has is a scaled up, 45K GTF from Pratt. I don't think it's going to happen, not anytime soon. If BA wants to get something out by 2025, then it has to be a 767 Max neo, or some other gimmick with what they currently have.
If it could e a 767 NEO it could be a 797, you already said that the problem is engines in that thrust class?
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