What’s in a name? It turns out, quite a lot. Boeing released an artist’s rendering of its next-generation twin-aisle commercial jetliner at the Paris Air Show this week, giving the world an early look at the planemaker’s “middle-market airplane” – what everybody is justifiably already referring to as the Boeing 797.
At Paris Air Show, Boeing Teases the ‘797’
Key Takeaways:
- Boeing unveiled an artist's rendering of its "middle-market airplane" at the Paris Air Show, widely expected to be named the 797.
- This new twin-aisle composite jet will seat 220-270 passengers, is predicted to enter service in 2025, and aims to fill the market gap between the Boeing 737 and 787.
- Boeing's 7x7 commercial jet naming convention originated from reserving the 700 block for these aircraft, with numbers largely progressing sequentially (e.g., 707, 727, 737, 747, 757, 767, 777, 787), despite some numbers like 717 being initially skipped or later reused.
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