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originally posted by: PhloydPhan
It will be interesting to see if it garners much new interest, although my (non-expert and probably under-informed) guess would be, probably not.
originally posted by: thebozeian
a reply to: PhloydPhan
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What the 380 actually needs though is additional wing and wing to body fairing aerodynamic improvements as well as engine upgrades or a new engine altogether.
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originally posted by: thebozeian
a reply to: PhloydPhan
I have a feeling Airbus is right that we are going to need very large aircraft again as more and more airports become slot constrained due to a greater number of travellers over the next 10 years.
originally posted by: Barnalby
originally posted by: thebozeian
a reply to: PhloydPhan
I have a feeling Airbus is right that we are going to need very large aircraft again as more and more airports become slot constrained due to a greater number of travellers over the next 10 years.
My honest hunch is that it's the 737 2.0, where it will have sluggish sales early on, because nobody knows what to do with it, before sales pick up in a decade or two once passenger volumes increase enough relative to terminal and ATC slots that consolidating multiple trips into the same aircraft starts to make sense again.