The article comes from the WeChat public account: Travel One Guest (ID: carcaijing) , the original title is “777X, the beginning of Boeing’s death?” 》 Text: Shen Jiaqi, Editor: Chen Liang, head picture from IC photo
If it is not a social media push, how many people remember it?
If it ’s not the big, bold words on the vertical tail, how many people recognize it?
If it were not a series of catastrophic 737MAX accidents, on March 13, 2019, there would have been a grand and highly anticipated offline ceremony to witness its majestic heroism.
On April 30, the second 777X with the number WH002 completed its first flight. It has been 97 days since the first 777X successfully tested, and during this time, Boeing experienced unprecedented waves: the stock price fluctuated greatly, the company’s cash flow was in jeopardy, and it had to seek government assistance. Forced total shutdown and suspension of production, eventual separation from Embraer, poor financial performance in the first quarter, and rumors about layoffs are very popular …
It’s like a world away.
On May 1, Boeing successfully raised US $ 25 billion to resolve the urgent need, and will the 777X project’s “going against the wind” become the beginning of Boeing’s desperate survival?
One twist and two twists?
The time goes back to the 2013 Dubai Air Show. What was the spirit of W. James McNerney, Jr, then Boeing President and CEO. While officially announcing the launch of the 777X project to the industry, Turkish Airlines was then Breaking the record of “the maximum number of orders for a single model” of 150 aircraft also made Boeing’s scenery infinite. On June 14 of the same year, the A350 completed its first test flight