Not really a clean sheet design though

767 is still in production. How about a 767 MAX?

New engines, maybe new wing. Avoid costs of composite fuselage and clean sheet designs. You wind up with a slightly longer range more efficient 767 replacement, and you keep selling them for cargo.

There was mention a while ago that they were thinking about it. They already have a version of the 787 engine configured for bleed air extraction for the 747-8, although I don't know how the sizes work out as far as fitment etc and they lost more efficiency than they anticipated by taking bleed air. As it is now, they refuse to take orders for 767s in passenger configuration. It seems they need to decide either to offer new passenger configuration birds or make the NMA.

767-X is basically a 767-400ER with taller landing gear and GEnx engines.

It’d make a fantastic MD11 replacement for UPS/FDX, and with shorter wings, fit on more passenger gates than a 330 CEO.

One issue is Boeing was only making 2.5 767/mo with a sizable order book from USAF, FDX and UPS. Boeing increased production to 3 airframes/mo this month but that’d likely need to come up substantially to support new passenger orders.

75 is high enough on its gear for pretty large GenX engines.
According to the Crusties I’ve flown with only the 72 and the 75 are real airplanes and you’re not a real pilot unless you’ve flown one.
Cue there I was in a snowstorm inverted on the ILS with the #2 on fire....

Seriously the 73 is truly a Frankenstein airplane, part 1960’s part 2000’s.
They should have started 10-12 years ago with the 75 NG with pretty glass and efficient engines.
It was already a rocket ship so doubt the wing needs much tweaking.

It needs to be fuel efficient, that's why they tweak wings. Also carbon wings can save some mfg. cost in labor... if you have the skills to do it right.

Absolutely Brilliant.

I've long thought that Boeing has too thin of a market for the NMA.

They have made the 737 so big (Max9 and Max10) that the gap between it and the 787 is just too small to really have a huge number of sales for a new plane. I like the idea of a spruced up 767, but that would just be a less efficient 787. I don't know

Well how long would it take a 757NG to go from concept to production? It seemed to me all along that the main attraction to a renewed 757 was lower R&D cost and quicker to market. Might incorporate a new wing and obviously new engines, but those tall landing gear should negate the need for any MCAS-type bandaids.

Avionics could be as simple as the updated avionics packages that I think some of the cargo outfits are throwing into the 767.

If the 737MAX is any indication, it would probably take between 8-10 beers.