By Bjorn Fehrm
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Introduction
July 12, 2015, © Leeham Co. As we reported from Boeing’s Paris Air Show briefing, Boeing’s 777X project is progressing to a design freeze later in 2015. At the briefing everything was presented as being on track with no changes of key data. There have been signs that this in not fully the case. The 777X program is suffering the same disease that hits other aircraft programs, weight gain flu.
To understand it better, we compiled the many indications that points to weight increase and ran them through our proprietary model to understand why and see what it means for the aircraft’s performance.
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Category: Boeing, Dubai Air Show, Emirates Airlines, GE Aviation, Paris Air Show, Premium
Tags: 777-300ER, 777-9X, 777X, Boeing, Emirates Airlines, GE90, GE9X