PanAm_DC10 From Australia, joined Aug 2000, 3987 posts, RR: 93 Posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 4 days 6 hours ago) and read 10090 times:
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Reuters is carrying the following report;
LONDON, July 16 (Reuters) - Dubai-based airline Emirates [EMAIR.UL] is set to announce it will buy 10 of the latest version of the Boeing Co. (BA.N: Quote, Profile, Research) 747 jumbo in a deal worth $2.8 billion at list prices, industry sources said on Sunday.
The airline is set to buy the cargo version of the plane, called the 747-8, the sources said, adding an announcement was possible on Tuesday at the Farnborough International Airshow near London.
Jacobin777 From United States of America, joined Sep 2004, 14968 posts, RR: 61 Reply 5, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 9961 times:
LONDON, July 16 (Reuters) - Dubai-based airline Emirates [EMAIR.UL] is set to announce it will buy 10 of the latest version of the Boeing Co. (BA.N: Quote, Profile, Research) 747 jumbo in a deal worth $2.8 billion at list prices, industry sources said on Sunday.
The airline is set to buy the cargo version of the plane, called the 747-8, the sources said, adding an announcement was possible on Tuesday at the Farnborough International Airshow near London.
thanks for the link PanAm_DC10.......
It would have been nice however if EK purchased some of the -I (pax) version too.......
Well..regardless, its a check Boeing is going to get for the 747-8 program..
Atmx2000 From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 4576 posts, RR: 39 Reply 6, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 9859 times:
Quoting Jacobin777 (Reply 5): It would have been nice however if EK purchased some of the -I (pax) version too.......
EK seems to like to buy lots of a single model/family. I don't think they can take that much additional capacity for the 747. Maybe if they reduced the sizes of the A380 and 773ER orders they could take some 747-8I's.
ConcordeBoy is a twin supremacist!! He supports quadicide!!
Jacobin777 From United States of America, joined Sep 2004, 14968 posts, RR: 61 Reply 7, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 9859 times:
Quoting Atmx2000 (Reply 6): EK seems to like to buy lots of a single model/family. I don't think they can take that much additional capacity for the 747. Maybe if they reduced the sizes of the A380 and 773ER orders they could take some 747-8I's.
I agree...but hey, with EK, one just never knows...
PolymerPlane From United States of America, joined May 2006, 991 posts, RR: 3 Reply 8, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 4 days 4 hours ago) and read 9577 times:
EK dumped 2 388Fs and goes for the 10 B748Fs, that shows how much advantage 748F hold over the A388F counter part.
Atmx2000 From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 4576 posts, RR: 39 Reply 9, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 4 days 4 hours ago) and read 9521 times:
Quoting PolymerPlane (Reply 8): EK dumped 2 388Fs and goes for the 10 B748Fs, that shows how much advantage 748F hold over the A388F counter part.
Well what type of cargo operator does EK want to be? Package or general?
Maybe they have decided that the A388F isn't right for their cargo strategy.
ConcordeBoy is a twin supremacist!! He supports quadicide!!
Stitch From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 26699 posts, RR: 83 Reply 10, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 4 days 4 hours ago) and read 9337 times:
DXB looks to me to be well-placed to serve the EU and Asia, so perhaps EK feels they don't need the range the A388F offers over the 748F when both are at max payload? Also, the 777F and 748F will better fit into the existing cargo infrastructure at airports, so perhaps the Boeing products offers them greater flexability in terms of scheduling?
Lumberton From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 4708 posts, RR: 21 Reply 11, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 9318 times:
Quoting Stitch (Reply 10): DXB looks to me to be well-placed to serve the EU and Asia,
I would add Africa to that list.
"When all is said and done, more will be said than done".
Eraugrad02 From United States of America, joined Nov 2005, 1227 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 4 days 1 hour ago) and read 8914 times:
Damn this is great but will someone PLEASE order pax 747-8i. PLZZZZZ
WingedMigrator From United States of America, joined Oct 2005, 2025 posts, RR: 56 Reply 14, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 4 days ago) and read 8790 times:
Good for Boeing!
Quoting PolymerPlane (Reply 8): EK dumped 2 388Fs and goes for the 10 B748Fs, that shows how much advantage 748F hold over the A388F counter part.
Yeah, judging from those numbers it must be that the B748F is five times better than the A388F. Actually, "dumped" is a strong word... they "converted" to A388s.
Quoting Stitch (Reply 10): DXB looks to me to be well-placed to serve the EU and Asia, so perhaps EK feels they don't need the range the A388F offers over the 748F when both are at max payload?
PolymerPlane From United States of America, joined May 2006, 991 posts, RR: 3 Reply 16, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 4 days ago) and read 8729 times:
Quoting Atmx2000 (Reply 9): Well what type of cargo operator does EK want to be? Package or general?
I do not know, but how many package cargo carrier in the world, as compared to the general cargo? If A380 is "designed" just for package carrier, I would not expect a success for A380F.
Quoting Atmx2000 (Reply 9): Maybe they have decided that the A388F isn't right for their cargo strategy
Exactly, which means that 747-8F is more flexible and offers better economic for their cargo strategy, as a general cargo operator.
Not really apples and oranges. Both of them are very large cargo airplane. It's more like Fuji and Empire apples to me, not 1 to 1 replacement but close enough. The fact that EK dumps A380F for 747-8F, shows that the two aircrafts are comparable.
WingedMigrator From United States of America, joined Oct 2005, 2025 posts, RR: 56 Reply 18, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 4 days ago) and read 8644 times:
Quoting PolymerPlane (Reply 16): If A380 is "designed" just for package carrier, I would not expect a success for A380F.
Here's my take...
The A388F is designed for 5600 nm range. That's what is not currently in demand, judging from orders thus far.
When "abusing" the A388F on ~ 4000 nm segments, only package carriers can make it work by taking advantage of the extra volume.
Art From Lebanon, joined Feb 2005, 2937 posts, RR: 0 Reply 20, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 4 days ago) and read 8525 times:
Quoting TinkerBelle (Reply 17): Quoting Art (Reply 15):
Apples and oranges to me. Do apple sellers fret when customers buy some oranges (and vice versa)? I don't think so.
Are you kidding me? They are both the biggest cargo planes around and they are direct competitors so that's herdly apples and oranges.
I humbly beg to differ. As I understand it, the A380 beats the 748F on volume; the 748F beats the A380 on weight and which one suits an operator better depends on that operator's mission profiles.
Quoting PolymerPlane (Reply 16): Quoting Art (Reply 15):
Apples and oranges to me
Not really apples and oranges. Both of them are very large cargo airplane. It's more like Fuji and Empire apples to me, not 1 to 1 replacement but close enough. The fact that EK dumps A380F for 747-8F, shows that the two aircrafts are comparable.
I can see that EK would go for the 748F if it suited their needs better. Was the 748F available when they ordered the A380F? No. Makes sense to me for them to switch their 2 A380F's to pax versions under such circumstances. Furthermore, they avoid any cancellation costs for the A380F's.
Columba From Germany, joined Dec 2004, 6798 posts, RR: 5 Reply 21, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 4 days ago) and read 8451 times:
Good for EK and Boeing - glad to see another order for the 747-8, hope we will see some more in Farnborough. Hopefully we will see some orders for the passenger version.
I can see orders from some Asian carriers (both cargo and passenger) and very likely Lufthansa will finally place an order.
It will forever be a McDonnell Douglas MD 80 , Boeing MD 80 sounds so wrong
Lotsamiles From United States of America, joined May 2005, 323 posts, RR: 0 Reply 23, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 3 days 23 hours ago) and read 8182 times:
This is clearly a vote of no confidence in the A388F if EK is going to take on a new fleet in the 748F. Yes, they have 744's now but they are all on ACMI and thus not EK's to crew or maintain, etc.
Perhaps the nose door is critical to EK's operations since they might have otherwise ordered more 777-200LRF's.
Stitch From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 26699 posts, RR: 83 Reply 24, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 3 days 23 hours ago) and read 8182 times:
Quoting JAL (Reply 22): I wonder if they will buy the 747-8 Intercontinental later on?
I believe it has both too much capacity (compared to the 773ER) and too little (compared to the A388) to meet EK's requirements, since they have never bothered to add passenger 744 planes in the interim while waiting for the 777 and A380.
25 Nudelhirsch: At the same time, the 2 380F were ditched in favor of pax versions, so here the 380 clearly "wins" against the 748i... Bad news for Boeing? Nah... Dif
26 Jupiter2: As I prepare to run for cover...... EK will need all the freighters to haul the general freight that the 380 will leave behind. EK have said it themse
27 Glom: That's why we're calling it the Jumbo Not Yet.
29 Halibut: Concur Eraugrad02, I am still quite puzzled as to why no pax 747-8 orders ??? However, 10 X 747-8F orders is certainly good for Boeing .... Boeing's
30 BoomBoom: No, but apple growers fret when customers buy oranges. Are you saying the 748 is going to be a year late, like the A380?
31 BoeingFever777: GREAT NEWS FOR BOEING & 747-8F PROGRAM AND EK! Highly doubt that after all the delays Airbus has had with getting EK their A380's. It would be suicide
32 Atmx2000: Given that the entire A380 program is pushed back, if EK wants to get its A388 passenger fleet closer to the size they originally planned for in 2009
33 PolymerPlane: How does cancelling A388F and switching to A388 pax help Airbus increases the production rate? Cheers, PP
34 Glideslope: Well, this is more like burning the Apple Orchard and planting a Citrus Grove.
35 DfwRevolution: No customer has infinite money to buy whatever fruit they want. In that perspective, money spent on apples is money not spent on oranges. Likewise, m
36 DfwRevolution: And now they can deliver replacement engines in-house for when an A380 breaks-down
37 Atmx2000: When EK switched slots to the A388 from the A388F, they said they wanted to protect their delivery slots. And that was before the big program delay a
38 Atmx2000: When EK switched slots to the A388 from the A388F, they said they wanted to protect their delivery slots. And that was before the big program delay a
39 BoeingFever777: OK that is great... Why did you quote me? You made no sense.
40 FXramper: Boeing 1 Airbus 0 Glad to see the 748F is gonna fly.
41 Coa747: Everybody keeps talking about the A380F's range advantage but I don't think that is much of an advantage. The 747-400ERF can already bypass ANC or oth
42 ZK-NBT: This would indeed be a good score for the 748F if the order goes ahead. Personally I thought EK would probably go with the 777F and the A380F, and con
43 PlaneHunter: When the GP powerplant breaks down, of course. PH
44 Columba: Not quite true but I won�t go into another A vs B argument. As I said good for Boeing glad to see some more orders for the 747-8 and hope that s
45 Manni: Advantages, 1) Flying (as example) ICN-JFK direct covers less distance than ICN-ANC-JFK, both ways. 2) Reduced flight times. 3) No extra handling, ai
46 PanAm_DC10: Perhaps the initial report was not quite correct as per the following report; Emirates Airlines will launch the passenger version of the 747-8 with a
47 KC135R: Interesting indeed, if it pans out, but I wonder because the Reuters article that this article refers to clearly says the "insider" information is th
48 Slz396: Looks like once again, we have a conflict of information from 2 respected sources. Sounds very similar to the situation we had last year, when FI repo
49 PanAm_DC10: It does appear to come down to the sources but I just watched a live interview with Mr Randy Baseler of Boeing on Bloomberg AV, a subscription only se
50 EK156: Most probably I'm going to get flamed for saying this or my post might get deleted but I have to say this nonetheless.. I just find it very funny to s
51 Lumberton: It's not "funny" so much as necessary, since this is essentially a duopoly--particularly in the 130+ seats and above segments. But I must agree with
52 Pavlin: You can say it, afterall it is a forum. But I think is ordering planes for their own good. They just need them.
53 Zeke: I did post on here last year, they were looking at 50 744Fs then.
55 PanAm_DC10: Well we'll know tomorrow for sure; By Will McSheehy July 17 (Bloomberg) -- Emirates, the biggest Arab airline, will announce an aircraft order at the
56 RAPCON: Yes they do, if the apple crop is rotten.
57 DfwRevolution: Well really, the GP7000 doesn't fit inside the 747 without partial disassembly. The Trent 900 can be transported as a single unit within the 747. Wha
58 Jacobin777: Thanks PanAm_DC10..... now we'll have to wait until tomorrow...aargh!
59 Cloudyapple: Flight International has it as 5 B748Fs firmed + 5 B748F options
60 Coa747: Yes and this may be great for some cargo carriers like Korean but for others it won't make any difference. UPS and FedEx and others don't just use pl
61 Manni: And both have the A380F on order already. How many and which airlines are you talking about? CX? SQ? BR? CI? LH? OZ? MH? NH? JL? AF? KL? Or just NW,
62 VirginFlyer: This has now been confirmed as an order for 10 747-8Fs: Emirates Confirm Order For 10 X B747-8F (by PanAm_DC10 Jul 18 2006 in Civil Aviation) Please c
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Actually, "dumped" is a strong word... they "converted" to A388s.
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