Paris 2011: Boeing must act now on narrowbodies, says ILFC chief
Boeing needs to “get on with it,” if it is to compete with the Airbus A320neo, according to International Lease Finance Corporation CEO Henri Courpron.

Boeing needs to “get on with it,” if it is to compete with the Airbus A320neo, according to International Lease Finance Corporation CEO Henri Courpron. The leasing group argued yesterday that the answer may lie in an early Boeing 737-800 upgrade.

The 737-800 is a formidable aircraft,” he told AIN. “We get excellent feedback from our customer airlines all over the world on it. We’ll see what happens this week but if the A320neo gets a strong endorsement Boeing will have to get on with it.” Airbus has been busily collecting further orders for the Neo since the Paris show started yesterday.

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