Boeing in Studies to Re-Wing 777
Boeing Commercial Airplanes has begun to study the possibility of fitting the /

Boeing Commercial Airplanes has begun to study the possibility of fitting the
777 with a redesigned wing in an effort to more effectively compete against the Airbus A350XWB-1000. Although BCA chief executive Scott Carson said at this month’s Paris Air Show that “nothing is decided,” a re-winged 777 could offer an alternative to the still un-launched 787-10, the so-called double stretch of the baseline 787-8.

Executives from arch-rival Airbus almost immediately reacted to the revelations with expressions of self-satisfaction. “I think this is further confirmation of what we have in the
A350XWB,” said Airbus COO for customers John Leahy. “They clearly see a need to do something.”