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Why No More 747 Orders?

Emrecan From Turkey, joined Feb 2000, 914 posts, RR: 8
Posted (8 years 3 months 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 2037 times:

Why don't the airlines order 747s these days??
do you have any idea about it?

thnx for replies

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PM From India, joined Feb 2005, 6714 posts, RR: 66
Reply 1, posted (8 years 3 months 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 2016 times:

Where to start?

They are still buying freighters in respectable numbers and - if Boeing keep making it - they will do for some time to come.

But you are right that sales of the passenger model are dwindling. Boeing themselves would say that it proves their theory that airlines and passengers want point-to-point flights on necessarily smaller planes.

Another factor is that there are now credible alternatives. The A340-600 and 777-300ER can carry (almost) as many pax as the 747.

It may also be that it's just showing its age. (Aren't we all?) After all, it's basically a sixties design.

Scanorama From Australia, joined Jan 2005, 111 posts, RR: 0
Reply 2, posted (8 years 3 months 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 1971 times:

A380, A340 and B777 spell the end of the B747. After all B747 is a 1960s design, while B777, A340 and A380 are much more recent designs. And there are plently of second hand B747s to choose from.

NumberTwelve From Germany, joined Dec 2004, 1431 posts, RR: 10
Reply 3, posted (8 years 3 months 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 1923 times:

Emrecan, just check the seat capacity of modern planes and compare to the 747. There's not that big difference. So, as Scanorama already wrote, airlines choose modern fuel efficient planes such as 330, 340 and T7.

If B doesn't build the 747 ADV, they can forget the production line for the 747 - but I'm sure they will build the ADV.

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Spike From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2004, 1170 posts, RR: 6
Reply 4, posted (8 years 3 months 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 1890 times:

Correctb me if I'm wrong, but the 747 should be the LCCs aircraft of choice. Plenty in the desert, high volume pax load, flies like one, and popular with passengers. The 747 is the LCC A380 or the Japs have got this wrong over the decades.

Scanorama From Australia, joined Jan 2005, 111 posts, RR: 0
Reply 5, posted (8 years 3 months 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 1846 times:

Quoting Spike (reply 4
Correctb me if I'm wrong, but the 747 should be the LCCs aircraft of choice. Plenty in the desert, high volume pax load, flies like one, and popular with passengers. The 747 is the LCC A380 or the Japs have got this wrong over the decades.):

The downside of 747 is the longer turn around time and LCC needs more frequency rather than capacity.

[Edited 2005-02-17 16:36:21]

Eilennaei From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 6, posted (8 years 3 months 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 1801 times:

Long story short:
1) cargo operations are increasing at a far faster rate than passenger operations, and offer better yield;
2) used gargo-configured/configurable 747s are available in numbers
= the need for new passenger 747s is low relative to supply.

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