Subscriber podcast #17.5: inside the widebody retrofit midlife crisis

Planning for the demand rebound, navigating more widebody retrofits, tracking growing business/premium footprints, and big questions for the A321XLR and 737 MAX 10

By John Walton 1 min read
Trade show stand: widebody cabin physical models, with drawers containing overhead bin options

Join us for more analysis from our exclusive interview with Boeing’s vice president for commercial marketing Darren Hulst about future cabins, airframe shortages and the widebody production gap, including:

  • geopolitical constraints, fuel prices, volatility and uncertainty — and planning for near-to-medium term passenger demand rebound
  • cabin and aircraft upgauging, aesthetic upgrade options and widebody retrofit complexities
  • Airbus & Boeing’s services arms, and what they (and their IP) mean for retrofit
  • the push for more business and premium economy space in the LOPA
  • the ongoing difficulties onboard premium and longhaul narrowbodies
  • real-world operational complexity around passenger flows on the A321XLR and 737 MAX 10
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