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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