The Boeing Co. is talking with airlines about a third, shorter-range version of the 7E7 Dreamliner, the executive in charge of the program said Monday.
The short-range version of the plane would have about half the range of the basic model – although it still would be capable of flying coast-to-coast across the United States, Boeing Commercial Airplanes senior vice president Mike Bair said.
It would have different wings and potentially new winglets, compared to the basic model, but still would be available to airlines in the 2008 time frame envisioned for the standard version.
The “bulk of the demand” for a short-range version is coming from Asian airlines, Bair said.
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