CX747 From United States of America, joined May 1999, 4385 posts, RR: 5 Posted (13 years 10 months 1 week 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 498 times:
What does the future hold for the 747 and future variants? Will production end in the near future, will their be derivatives? Who look like good customers?
"History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or timid." D. Eisenhower
Twa747100 From United States of America, joined May 1999, 600 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (13 years 10 months 1 week 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 498 times:
well i know boein has at least two models they are testing (I THINK) but yes someone (ual) will want big long range aircraft
William From United States of America, joined Jun 1999, 1138 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (13 years 10 months 1 week 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 498 times:
The future of the 747 is up to Boeing,and how it market the aircraft. Boeing is in a sticky situation,it has knowingly or unknowingly built a competitor,the 777,and has to decide whether to stick to the cash cow,747,or try to market junior,777, as its replacement. The 777 however has at least a couple of years to recoup the R & D before it will bring in profits like the 747. I sure this causing some sleepless nights for marketing and executives guys or women.
CX747 From United States of America, joined May 1999, 4385 posts, RR: 5 Reply 4, posted (13 years 10 months 1 week 10 hours ago) and read 498 times:
Has there been any news of the 747-500X and 747-600X lately? Supposedly it was reported that they would in fact be put into production in a few years by someone on the forum who had gone on the Boeing factory tour.
"History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or timid." D. Eisenhower
TP343 From Brazil, joined exactly 14 years ago today! , 312 posts, RR: 5 Reply 5, posted (13 years 10 months 1 week 10 hours ago) and read 498 times:
According to "Flap Internacional" - the most important South American commercial aviation magazine - the Boeing's projects for 745 and 746 were canceled.
But since this piece of news (dated from 1997 if I'm not wrong) nothing more was told about what would Boeing be thinking about its 747 sucessors.
TP343, São Paulo, Brazil.
p.s. by the way, the model planes shown looked very pretty! I'd consider more beautiful then the current B747-400. They (745/746) would be a landscape on the airports!
LH423 From Canada, joined Jul 1999, 6501 posts, RR: 55 Reply 6, posted (13 years 10 months 1 week 8 hours ago) and read 498 times:
I don't think so. At least I hope not. But even with the imminent arrival of the A3XX there will always be a niche between the A3XX and the 777 and A340
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