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Originally posted by BillHicksRules
Dear all,
The feeling is that the Sonic Cruiser has been shelved as opposed to abandoned.
Cheers
BHR
Vertu
What I really hate is that Airbus is involving more organizations to build the paers, and there isn't ONE factory doing the whole lot. This is a target of potential failure.
Originally posted by Vertu
I think the Boeing is better than the Airbus. Simply because the Boeing has a beautiful past, the airbus doesn't.
The A380 will not ever really carry 800 passengers, because of its luxury configuration at the 1st class. The 2nd class may hold as many passengers as a 747 2nd class. We all know that 747 businessclass is not really full, istead, nearly empty. So are there 300 passengers to pay for the luxury of an A380 1st class? Well, we are going to see that.
Also, fuel efficiency is worse with planes carrying more passengesr than planned, so I doubt that an A380 will carry 800 passengers for the longest trip. But we will see the results.
What I really hate is that Airbus is involving more organizations to build the paers, and there isn't ONE factory doing the whole lot.
This is a target of potential failure.
Also, the huge advertisement around the A380 combined with total secret, is frightening. Reminds me of the great Concorde-conspiracy of France, when that plane crashed. Very disturbing.
Originally posted by Vertu
Let's state that your opinions are correct. Perhaps one day we will see the A380 carrying 800 pax.
But there is one little problem: the cargo area of the A380 is only slightly larger than the 747, yet the passenger capacity is almost the double. Now let's state that those on board a 747 could perfectly fit their multiple luggages in the cargo area with 400-500 pax on board... what the hell will 800 pax do with a Boeing 747's cargo area?
I have a feeling, that it is questionable that A380s will ever carry 800 pax due to several problems of this plane. No doubt, that the actual aim is to carry 550 passengers. There is a reason for that.
So we see that there isn't that much difference in practise between the two jets, yet in price the A380 is more expensive with some $80 million (or more).
Also, due to the increasing number of 747s, airports are not going to reconstruct their terminal system from 500pax/plane to 800pax/plane. There IS a difference, and they will simply not let that plane burst 300 more passengers at one time. I think, it is clear.
[edit on 5-4-2005 by Vertu]
Originally posted by Murcielago
shelved??? any links to back that up?
Originally posted by BillHicksRules
Vertu,
Having read that article I still think that the 700+ seat A380 outdoes the 500 seat 747A.
Cheers
BHR
Originally posted by sminkeypinkey
Vertu this is a most interesting tack; in fact is pretty laughable really.
You want to slam the Airbus A380 with silly 'question marks' over it's capabilities even though it is just a couple of months off of the real flights which will prove and demonstrate all it's specs (and most manufacturers are rarely that far out these days, right?).....