c5load From United States of America, joined Sep 2008, 917 posts, RR: 0 Posted (2 years 3 months 5 days 15 hours ago) and read 3606 times:
Up until a few years ago, I would have assumed the 744, but with the A380, 77L, and the 77W making longer flights, what are some of the hour to cycle ratios for these airplanes? If we could forecast to the time of retirement, what do you think these airplanes' numbers will look like?
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RoseFlyer From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 8735 posts, RR: 52 Reply 1, posted (2 years 3 months 5 days 15 hours ago) and read 3589 times:
Well it all depends on airline, but some rough numbers that I have seen are
DC9 1hr per cycle
737 Classic 1.3 hrs per cycle
737NG 2hrs per cycle
747 8 hrs per cycle
757 2.5 hrs per cycle
777 6.5 hrs per cycle
While the 777 has the longest range, there are a lot of airlines operating them on shorter routes, especially within Asia which brings down the average hours. The 747 though is still rarely used on the shorter flights, so it on average has longer routes.
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c5load From United States of America, joined Sep 2008, 917 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (2 years 3 months 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 3525 times:
Quoting RoseFlyer (Reply 1): While the 777 has the longest range, there are a lot of airlines operating them on shorter routes, especially within Asia which brings down the average hours.
What about say, Emirates and their 77L and 77W that makes the daily DXB-LAX segment? That plane is going to rank up some pretty high hours fast.
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