Commercial Airplanes overhaul on the horizon: the Boeing product lineup, based mostly on original designs from the 1960s and 70s, is crying out for renewal. Enter the Sonic Cruiser -- the start of a high-speed family that may include a supersonic commercial transport. (Industry report: the re-making of Boeing).(Company Profile) From: Interavia Business & Technology | Date: October 1, 2001| Author: Sweetman, Bill | COPYRIGHT 2001 Aerospace Media Publishing. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Boeing's sharp employment cuts in the wake of the World Trade Center and Pentagon bombings are not surprising given the panic among US airlines. Already bleeding money, regretting generous pay settlements and locked into an inflexible hub-and-spoke system, the US airlines were headed for a bumpy winter without September's disaster. And as global as Boeing may be, 60 per cent of its orders since 1998 had been placed by US airlines, almost twice North America's share of world traffic...

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