Aircraft
Boeing: 777X the Product of Worldwide Consensus
Boeing Commercial Airplanes vice president and general manager of airplane development Scott Fancher speaks at the Dubai Airshow. (Photo: Gregory Polek)
Boeing Commercial Airplanes vice president and general manager of airplane development Scott Fancher speaks at the Dubai Airshow. (Photo: Gregory Polek)

A day after the highly anticipated launch of the 777X, Boeing found itself attempting to debunk assertions that the big three Persian Gulf carriers that now account for the majority of the order backlog unduly influenced the technical characteristics of the airplane. While appearing at a technical briefing on the program at the Dubai Airshow last week, Boeing Commercial Airplanes vice president and general manager of airplane development Scott Fancher insisted that the airplane reflects the needs of airlines around the world, including those of launch customer Lufthansa Group.