I've been reading up on this elsewhere, and Boeing is claiming that there isn't much customer interest in a re-engined B737. I'm inclined to believe that.
I think another "nail in the coffin" of a re-engined B737 is that Bombardier received 0 orders for their new C-Series at Farnborough. I would imagine had Bombardier gotten a few orders for their new C-Series that there would have been more interest in re-engining.
At the end of the day, I think that Boeing will probably launch a new aircraft model, rather than re-engine the 737.
What are your thoughts?
Amplify’d from www.aerocontact.com
Prospects for repowering the 737 seem to depart. The President of Boeing CFO James Bell Corporate and said Aug. 31 that a change of engine single-aisle was unlikely. He spoke in a conference organized by Morgan Stanley in New York.
James Bell explained that the American manufacturer customers seemed uninterested in all the prospect of a repowering. In addition, it would not offer a potential gain of consumption sufficient to justify a modification of 737.
While Pratt & Whitney and CFM International promised gains of up to 16%, respectively, and their PurePower PW1000G LeapX, Boeing believes that the improvement in consumption would be more of a cipher.
James Bell, however, recalled that the final decision was not taken. She will be at the end of the year.
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