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Boeing doesn't take the current hub-and-spoke model as a given. Marty Bentrott, vice president of sales, marketing and in-service support for the 787, says that since 1990, the number of city pairs more than 3,000 nautical miles apart served by the world's airlines have doubled, the number of frequencies offered by the airlines have doubled, and the number of available seat-kilometers (seating capacity times miles flown) have doubled. None of these trends show any signs of abating; meanwhile, the average airplane size has actually declined slightly. Clearly, customers prefer more point-to-point flights, flown more frequently, on smaller airplanes.
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Frank Shrontz advanced to Boeing's chief executive office in 1986, at the start of the world's largest aircraft order binge in history, and led the manufacturer from sales of $16.3 billion in 1986 to $29.31 billion in 1991. Although Boeing remained profitable, its earnings declined steadily in the mid-1980s and its stock dropped 20 points in October 1987. Boeing jets were involved in four fatal air accidents from December 1988 to March 1989, and the company missed its first delivery deadline in two decades when the 747-400 experienced production delays. These internal problems were exacerbated by increased competition from Airbus, which was heavily subsidized by a consortium of European companies and governments.
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Boeing and the airlines were already suffering under the weight of a sluggish economy before two commercial jets destroyed the World Trade Center Towers last Tuesday, and damaged the Pentagon. A fourth airliner commandeered by hijackers crashed in Pennsylvania.
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Over a very short time, UATC, with Boeing as a major holding, had become one of the strongest aviation companies in the world. It would soon become the target of congressional investigations into airmail and military procurement contracts.
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Aviation Speed News states there are some 4,597 Boeing family 737's flying in the world - spanning the 737-200 through 737-900 - which represents 48 percent of total Boeing aircraft flying today. It ... noted 1,571 of these 737's are operating within U.S. airlines
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As part of the flight test program, FAA officials flew on board the Dreamlifter as it delivered major sections of the Dreamliner from partner sites around the world to the Boeing factory in Everett, Wash., for final assembly. The flights allowed the FAA to validate the overall delivery process and tools. The Dreamlifter is not certified to carry passengers beyond essential crew. The Dreamlifter completed 437 flight-test hours and 639 hours of ground testing since its first flight on Sept. 9, 2006.
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