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Re: Boeing to delay first delivery of 787 Posted on: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 19:17:44 +0000 (UTC)

On Oct 18, 2:05 pm, "William Black"
wrote:
[snip]
> a process that started last year,
> last twenty years or so, which brings us back to the A380 and its useful
> operational lifespan.

And to the original point that Airbus may spend the better
part of 2 decades investing in and building the "last big plane"
because
the world market continues to move in the direction of smaller
(which is hardly the same as small) aircraft going to more airports.

> I'd love to see it happen sooner, my dear wife owns some of the property
> concerned, but it's going to take a couple of decades...

But if history is any guide, and Boeing is right, it will happen.

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