When announcing a 20% increase in Q2 profits, Jim McNerney, chief executive of Boeing, stated that the decision to launch a re-engined 737 was a measured and carefully thought out decision, and was certainly not something Boeing came up with at the last minute in order to win the American Airlines deal. In an interview with Airline Economics, Kostya Zolotusky, managing director of Capital Markets Development for Boeing Capital Corporation (BCC), confirmed the fact that the decision to re-engine the 737 was taken at the same time as the American order was a “coincidence”. It is unlikely that many will believe

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