Sokes wrote:How many NMAs would be required to replace even 30% of 8+ hours flights?
The new A320 will create many new point to point destinations. For people like me liviing in Stockholm i suppose that connections that I needed to thru hubs now might become connection directly from ARN. Transatlantic market will change. IMO the collateral victim of the A321XLR will be the 777X and...
Jump to postA300: first flight 1972 with around 220 kN engines. B767: first flight 1981. Surprising the engines didn't really become stronger. A330: first flight in 1992. Engines somewhere around 311 kN. Moreover the A330 got the long wing from the A340 and has lot of space for cargo. Should the B767 be compare...
Jump to postI agree with seabosdca. Available engine power at the time answers your question. That apart: 7 abreast economy and 10 abreast economy both have 6 abreast business. Somebody on a.net once mentioned that a plane with 17' eight abreast economy would make for good seven abreast premium economy and six ...
Jump to postManager boni are meant to motivate managers to do their best. However boni depend on short term profits. The higher the current year's profit, the higher the boni. Suppose a company has a headquater which it built 30 years back. Selling this headquater and renting it back leads to a jump of profits ...
Jump to postIf a plane is not loaded to MTOW one could argue that the added cargo only cost a little fuel. Actually, I don't know how much of cargo revenue is pure profit. Does cargo not have a handling cost? Does it not need marketing and accounting and people to load and unload and wearhouses to wait for shi...
Jump to postThe last major world recession was in 2008. We may be overdue for another, triggered by disruptions and rising oil prices, Brexit and who knows what. Demand for air travel will flatten out for several years and that could mean less need for all of EK's 380's. Interest and interest on interest remin...
Jump to postSince you’ve posted the LH numbers, have you checked what their annual profit was in 2018? If you subtract the cargo ops from the overall profit then it shows how important cargo actually is. The first link I mentioned says Konzernergebnis (=profit) is 2,163 billion Euro. Turnover from cargo was ar...
Jump to postHowever, as others have said, you also need to factor in cargo - widebodies will carry a lot more cargo than a narrowbody, which will further offset the costs. You are forgetting the revenue side of things, there are a lot more premium seats in a wide body and a lot more cargo space. Don’t forget w...
Jump to post20 or 30 years back I read that cars manufactured on Mondays have more issues. I think it even refered to a luxury car manufacturer. Planes aren't assembled in a day. Is there any explanation why some planes need more maintainance than others, beside earlier maintainance mistakes or robbed parts? S...
Jump to post20 or 30 years back I read that cars manufactured on Mondays have more issues. I think it even refered to a luxury car manufacturer.
Planes aren't assembled in a day. Is there any explanation why some planes need more maintainance than others, beside earlier maintainance mistakes or robbed parts?
Could this be a favour to Boeing to bring back some confidence after all this bad PR? That was my thought for a moment as well. But why would LH of all companies do that? I believe choosing a plane for a flag carrier is not quiet as easy as choosing between Pepsi or Coke. However as forum rules don...
Jump to postIf “safety is our highest priority” we’d leave the planes in the hangars, the cars in the garages and the boats at the docks. Safety is reward vs. risk assessment, not an absolute. GF One can put a price tag on crashes - and it quickly turns out it is cheaper to pay for high safety standards. Cost ...
Jump to postTWA772LR wrote:Stockholders don't want their airline stocks to lose value when a plane slams in to the ground for whatever reason. So safety will always be in the best interest for all associated parties.
When the B787 was relatively new I asked a stewardess what she thinks of the plane. She said she loves it. For the fuselage carbon fibre is good because lack of corrosion allows for greater humidity in the cabin. Carbon fiber is strong, but only in direction of the fibers. Obviously there have to be...
Jump to post" Is there a problem with Boeing's engineer team? "
Is there a problem with Boeing's management team?
As ultra long haul flights are diskussed here: According to Wikipedia the A330-800 neo with it's 64m wing and 251t MTOW will have a range of 8150nm, nearly 1000nm more than A330-900 neo. Qantas already has 12 A380. Any 15h+ routes where 3 A330-800 neo first/ business only and 3 A380/ week would be p...
Jump to postSorry, I didn't read the topic "From 737 "Jurassic" to 737 "Classic" before MCAS" till the end before posting. In the same topic Dutchy writes: " If I remember correctly, Boeing thought a clean sheet design would not gain that much efficiency over a re-engined one,...
Jump to postSpeaking of surveys again: in the topic "From 737 "Jurassic" to 737 "Classic" before MCAS" Austin787 says: "If I remember correctly, Boeing was considering doing an all new narrowbody (797) as a response to A320NEO. But existing 737 airlines told Boeing they wanted...
Jump to postGood video concerning hubs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGXahSnA_oA
Another one concerning low cost carriers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=069y1MpOkQY
hitower3 wrote: The 748 is great for carrying lower deck cargo in addition to pax, the A388 not so much. Lufthansa ordered it's A380 in 2001. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Airbus_A380_orders_and_deliveries ) B777-300ER first commercial flight 2004. EU-US open sky signed 2007, effective 200...
Jump to poststephanwintner wrote: The airframer surveys the market, and determines a range and payload that will appeal. A380 comes to mind. Somebody on a.net once said "the plane makes the market". I believe that's true to a considerable extent. The future may be different. Incremental advancements ...
Jump to postDid I understand this right that a safety critical software relies on two sensors? Speaking of redundancy: " On September 22, 1981, Eastern Airlines Flight 935 departed Newark, New Jersey, and suffered an uncontained failure of its number two (tail) engine at 14,500 feet (4,400 m), while en rou...
Jump to postAre Indonesian/ Ethiopian pilots with few flight hours limited to fly MAXs only?
Does Indonesian Airlines/ Lion Air maintain their non-MAXs in developed nations?
First post, so hello everybody. The first twin jet was A300. It's first flight was 1972 with around 220 kN engines. Wiki mentions that Airbus assumed people would prefer wide-body comfort over frequency. B767 had first flight in 1981. Surprising the engines didn't really become stronger. I assume Bo...
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