Opinion: Is The Commercial Aerospace Business Model Broken?

Jerrold T. Lundquist September 12, 2025
Vintage yellow-and-black Boeing 737-100 flying
Credit: Boeing
The fundamental design of the Boeing 737 dates back more than 60 years, and its cross-section derived from the Boeing 707 dates back to 1957. Boeing has delivered more than 12,000 737s, making it the most popular aircraft for decades (although now it is being overtaken by its Airbus A320 rival), and...

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