Boeing tackles the 757 replacement quandary
In an ironic twist Boeing’s answer to the so-called ‘757 replacement’ market may well turn out to be a modern-day interpretation of the aircraft that was supposed to be its nemesis and the salvation for McDonnell Douglas.
Late in 1979 McDonnell Douglas announced that its Advanced Twin Medium Range aircraft, which had started as a development of the 150‑seat Dassault Mercure, would have a six‑abreast twin-aisle configuration offering a whole new dimension in passenger comfort.
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