from Flight today ... A350-1000 too small ...
from Flight today ... A350-1000 too small ...
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A350-1000 ‘too small’ to top Airbus range: Emirates chief
20 Jun 2022
Emirates Airline president Tim Clark has again expressed concern about how airlines will cope with rising demand in the future without recourse to new Airbus A380-sized jets, warning that ticket prices could eventually rise as a consequence of fewer seats being available into slot-constrained airports.
I find this a little "odd". the Airlines have spoken ... the A380 is too expensive for mass appeal. I think it's less about efficient passenger travel (cost per seat mile) and more about the total cost of the plane (tying up too much capital).
20 Jun 2022
Emirates Airline president Tim Clark has again expressed concern about how airlines will cope with rising demand in the future without recourse to new Airbus A380-sized jets, warning that ticket prices could eventually rise as a consequence of fewer seats being available into slot-constrained airports.
I find this a little "odd". the Airlines have spoken ... the A380 is too expensive for mass appeal. I think it's less about efficient passenger travel (cost per seat mile) and more about the total cost of the plane (tying up too much capital).
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RE: from Flight today ... A350-1000 too small ...
I loved the A380, but that's in part because trans-Tasman a whole row of seats to ones self was typical.
RE: from Flight today ... A350-1000 too small ...
I once flew out of Sydney on Australia Day (Jan 26th). In the main pax cabin of a 777 there were less than a dozen pax !! there were more attendants !
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RE: from Flight today ... A350-1000 too small ...
“How are you going to cope with global demand if you pick up at [2019 levels of growth] and extrapolate to 2030 at 4%?” he asks. “How are you going to cope with that with A320s and A350s?'
Because that's a stupid forecast. You've already lost 2 years of that growth, so you'd need 5% from now on to meet that. Emirates has stopped buying the 380, why would anybody develop a plane to replace it?
Was the guy drunk?
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RE: from Flight today ... A350-1000 too small ...
another day in paradise, or is paradise one day closer ?
RE: from Flight today ... A350-1000 too small ...
RE: from Flight today ... A350-1000 too small ...
another day in paradise, or is paradise one day closer ?
RE: from Flight today ... A350-1000 too small ...
RE: from Flight today ... A350-1000 too small ...
maybe it'd be another "bad" compromise, a la 737 Max ??
Maybe Airbus have more of the small jet market and Boeing the larger jets ?
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