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It's a narrow body. They went out of fashion.
by tus88 7y ago
It's a narrow body. They went out of fashion.
- loeg 7y ago737s are narrow body, aren't they? And they're still quite popular.
- tus88 7y agoIt is probably infeasible to make a wide body aircraft the size of a 737 - if they could, they would. The ergonomics (and economics) of twin aisles is vastly better than single aisle planes.
- mdasen 7y agoBoeing/Aurora are kinda trying that with the D8 (aka double bubble). It’s not exactly the same since it is basically two circles next to each other rather than one large one, but it will be twin aisle. The D8 is one of the cooler projects right now, in my opinion. It isn’t too radical like many designs, but it would dramatically lower fuel consumption (50-70%), offer dual aisle boarding on a smaller craft, and a lot less noise. All in a package that doesn’t have too many unknowns from an aeronautics perspective.
- selectodude 7y agoThe 757 was too big for what airlines wanted out of narrow bodies. Now it’s the same size as a 737 MAX 10.
- kenneth 7y agoThe 757 is similar to the 737-MAX10 except for that nasty MCAS crashing business.