Mysterious Boeing NME could fly in 2025The big announcement by Boeing on whether or not it will commit to the new middle of the market aircraft (NME), dubbed “797”, was expected to be made during the upcoming Paris Air Show. But then, the 737 MAX crisis hit, at which point Boeing ceased communicating any progress of ongoing projects, even on the 777X. The company’s CEO eventually confessed that they were “making progress” regarding the NMA decision and the timeline of the project has not changed.
Boeing is still working on a business case analysis regarding the NMA. “Our overall timeline – broad timeline for that program has not changed,” Boeing CEO Dennis A. Muilenburg said during the Sanford C Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference on May 29, 2019. “We still see it as a 2025 entry into service kind of airplane”. Final decisions are expected in 2019/2020.
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And let's get one thing straight. There's a big difference between a pilot and an aviator. One is a technician; the other is an artist in love with flight. — E. B. Jeppesen
