Should Boeing Have Updated The 757?

The Boeing 757 is a loved aircraft among airplane enthusiasts and pilots. However, the aircraft has been out of production since 2005, even though Boeing desperately needs a mid-market commercial aircraft. While Boeing has upgraded the 737 and 777, it hasn’t upgraded the 757 (or even the now-aging Boeing 767). An upgraded 757X would have been expensive and challenging and risked not being the advanced aircraft needed for the 2030s. Here are some reasons why Boeing didn’t update its Boeing 757 in the mid-2010s.