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Boeing to focus on faster planes, BUSINESS TIMES
Business Times (Malaysia), April, 2001
Business Times (Malaysia) 04-03-2001 BOEING Commercial Airplanes Group is focusing on new product development efforts on a faster, longer-range airplane which "could change the way the world flies as dramatically as did the introduction of the jet age." Its president and chief executive officer, Alan Mulally, said "this is the airplane our customers have asked us to concentrate on." He said the potential for airplanes larger than the current 747 has caused the industry to look carefully at long-term requirements for long- range, twin-aisle airplanes.
"In that context, we have had detailed conversations with our customers, and it is very clear that they would strongly value an airplane that can fly faster, higher and more quietly over very long...
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