LanPeru From Peru, joined Jun 2001, 633 posts, RR: 10 Posted (10 years 11 months 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 2444 times:
Ok, I don't want to spark an A vs. B war, I just want to know, how much faster would a 777 be on a route that normally takes 8:35 on the A340. Also, which would be more economical?
Singapore_Air From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2000, 13711 posts, RR: 21 Reply 2, posted (10 years 11 months 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 2402 times:
Singapore - Paris used to take 14 hours and 30 minutes on an Airbus A340-300X Celsetar (25 Oct 1998 - 27 March 1999)
Singapore - Paris now takes 13 hours 40 minutes on a Boeing 747-400 Megatop (28 October 2001 - 20 March 2002)
Singapore - Paris is reportedly 15 - 20 minutes faster on a Boeing 777-200 (14 hours 10 minutes - 14 hours 5 minutes) (Articles, SIA rumours)
Mr.BA From Singapore, joined Sep 2000, 3423 posts, RR: 23 Reply 9, posted (10 years 11 months 3 days 11 hours ago) and read 2099 times:
But anyway cruising mach of airplanes do'nt go 'by the book'. Wind, temperature, cost index.. etc affects the cruising mach. The B777-300 can go up to .87 if necessary.
Hardkor From Canada, joined Aug 2001, 236 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (10 years 11 months 3 days 11 hours ago) and read 2084 times:
whenever I watch the A340 takeoff, it looks so painfully slow. I wouldn't mind flying on one, but I can imagine that it would take some time to reach cruising altitude. Also, don't two engined aircraft generally climb faster than four engined ones?
Jesseycy From New Zealand, joined Aug 2001, 343 posts, RR: 0 Reply 12, posted (10 years 11 months 3 days 11 hours ago) and read 2063 times:
Once again, not to start another war, but really, the A340 is gives the impression of a snail sometimes.... The takeoff, the crusing, well, even the noise, I find the A340 much more quiet.......
But unlike other people, I really like the slow takeoff, there's nothing like the rumble of a CX A340 down Auckland's runway, taking forever to takeoff......
Red Panda From Hong Kong, joined Jun 2000, 1521 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (10 years 11 months 3 days 11 hours ago) and read 2052 times:
Well, tonight I saw CX829 takeoff on rwy 33R. First when I saw it, I thought it was taxi-ing, but the speed was definitely faster than normal taxi speed. And later it started to pick up when it was half way down to the rwy.
Boeing767-300 From Australia, joined Sep 2001, 659 posts, RR: 0 Reply 14, posted (10 years 11 months 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 1953 times:
MR BAThe A340 you see was using FLEX thrust probably. If not, it can lift off pretty fast
I love that excuse for A340 Performance. Its a polite way of saying underpowered Thats why there is a 340NG and Trent powered 500 and 600s. A340s could have/ or should have had higher thrust engines from the beginning. I don't think many die hard A340 fans would disagree there.
MD-11 forever From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 15, posted (10 years 11 months 2 days 16 hours ago) and read 1863 times:
Boeing767300
The 340 is definitely NOT underpowered, otherwise it would be unsafe, and therefore also the authorities wouldn't have issued the certificate, right?The 340NG is a "little" bigger, that's the main reason for the Trent engines, nothing else!! Didn't you happen to hear that airlines are more worrying about economics than to have a fancy overpowered (and therefore uneconomical) plane?
Just to make clear, I'm not a "die hard" A340 Fan,as you can see from my username......
Mandala499 From Indonesia, joined Aug 2001, 6180 posts, RR: 74 Reply 17, posted (10 years 11 months 2 days 6 hours ago) and read 1772 times:
I was fortunate enough to be able to experience a non-Flex T/O of an A340 with Kuwait Airways, not as dismal as Flex T/Os... Pretty comparable to other planes...
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LMP737 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 18, posted (10 years 11 months 2 days 3 hours ago) and read 1715 times:
I read in AvWeek a couple years ago that Singapore Airlines 777 flying to Europe will arrive a about 20-30 before a Singapore Airlines A340 flying the same route.
Sunilgupta From United States of America, joined Nov 2000, 770 posts, RR: 15 Reply 20, posted (10 years 11 months 2 days 2 hours ago) and read 1682 times:
As a friend at FRA told me: The A340 is the only airliner with five APUs
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