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- From: ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright)
- Subject: Re: foreign partnerships was(Re: How many flights are Orbiters)
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- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 23:31:10 GMT
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- In <1993Jan5.211129.20772@ke4zv.uucp> gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman) writes:
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- >Interesting street rumor reported on the business report of NBC Sunrise
- >program this morning. Apparently, Boeing is negotiating a partnership
- >with a Japanese and a German firm to underwrite the development of the
- >next generation widebody airliner, reportedly seats 600. The report
- >indicated that even Boeing isn't healthy enough to risk going it alone
- >on that one, and the US airlines are too strapped to place speculative
- >orders.
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- This is "news" only to NBC. Boeing has been negotiating the 777
- project for several years now. If you want to build a successful
- airliner in today's market, you set nationalism aside and find the
- best possible partners for the job, wherever they are. Of course,
- saying "Boeing isn't healthy enough to go it alone" puts nice,
- protectionist slant on it, which the networks like.
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- >If Boeing can't fund a new widebody, MacDD is in deep doo
- >with DC without a deep pocketed partner to back them.
-
- McDonnell Douglas is in deep doo with or without DC. They
- desperately need a new, profitable product line or six. The
- problem is finding the money to get them off the ground. (No
- pun intended.)
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