Originally Posted by
BlueScholar
Their CEO said they’re 10+ years away from being able to start on a clean sheet design, so the safe bet is they’re actually closer to 20 years to the design and 30 from the first flight.
What he actually said (in 2022) was that they’re planning to “introduce a new airplane sometime in the middle of next decade.” Given how many issues they’ve had recently, your timeline is probably at least as likely as that… but that’s what they’re claiming for now, at least.