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After the Max, the Boeing 777X struggles

2021-01-28T09:50:13.239Z


The group lost 12 billion dollars in 2020. Its flagship plane is authorized to fly in Europe. But the design of the 777X needs to be changed.


A breakthrough on the side of the 737 Max, with the green light given Wednesday to the resumption of commercial flights in Europe, by EASA, the European regulator.

But big clouds on the side of long-haul aircraft.

Boeing admitted that it had to make design changes to the 777X, the new version of the widebody, at the request of the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA), which, as it stands, will not certify the aircraft.

Boeing must also solve the manufacturing problems of the 787 Dreamliner, of which it was forced to stock 80 copies without being able to deliver them.

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The aeronautic giant is still far from having returned to normal activity, while the Covid-19 crisis continues to affect it.

For all these reasons, its results have deteriorated further.

In 2020, its revenue fell 24% to $ 58.1 billion, its operating margin was negative (22%) and it suffered a net loss of $ 11.9 billion.

Or the equivalent of the budget required to launch a new

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Source: lefigaro

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