Boeing Eyes Stretching Heavy Maintenance Intervals On 7E7

Boeing, adhering to its philosophy of improving maintenance costs in the 7E7, will try to stretch heavy maintenance checks from 30 to 36 months. Key to the airframer's research in cycle-time extension is the use of composites for the bulk of the plane's fuselage, thus creating less fatigue, said...

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