Friday, August 6, 2010

Cathay A350 deal may spur Boeing's 777 successor drive

After a summer dominated by talk of re-engining or replacing its narrowbody workhorse, Boeing's 777 widebody could move to the front of the clean-sheet queue, but blue chip customer Cathay Pacific's order for 30 300-seat Airbus A350-900s could shape the manner of the airframer's response.

Since the A350 XWB was launched in July 2006 after false starts for nearly two years in answer to the 787, Airbus has earned......

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