DOHA (Reuters) – Boeing Chief Executive Dave Calhoun on Tuesday said that planemakers were unlikely to introduce all-new jet designs before the mid-2030s, citing the pace of emerging propulsion and wing technology.
However, Qatar Airways Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker told a conference he would advise planemakers Boeing, Airbus and Embraer to “start looking now” at sustainable new platforms.
Both executives were speaking in a panel at the Qatar Economic Forum organised by Bloomberg.
(This story has been refiled to fix typographical error in the headline)
(Reporting by Andrew Mills; Editing by Tim Hepher and David Goodman)