Boeing shelves plans for super jumbo

[David Bromage <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au>]

Aerospace giant Boeing has confirmed it is ditching plans to build a
747X super jumbo - effectively handing victory to its European rival
Airbus. Boeing now plans to develop a long-range aircraft capable of
travelling at high altitudes and meeting tough noise control measures.

Boeing said it was discussing with airline customers a triangle-shaped
"delta-wing" plane that would carry about 250 passengers and cut
transatlantic travel by 90 minutes. The delta-wing plane is one of
several designs included in a long-range program dubbed 20XX, which
would fly farther than the 250-seat 767 and at higher altitude. 

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