Boeing has pushed back its planned launch of the Boeing 747 Advanced from its previous mid-year target by several months, but remains confident that it will secure airline backing for the stretched aircraft.
“We expect commitments from carriers and industrial launch before year-end,” said Boeing vice-president marketing Randy Baseler at last week’s launch of its 2005 Current Market Outlook. “A lot of the airlines we’ve spoken to have indicated that they want to make a decision by late summer/early autumn, so we’ve pushed our target back from mid-year.” He added that Boeing wants to launch the passenger and freighter versions together.
Source: Flight International
