Posted on 06/05/2018 5:57:10 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
A German investment company said on Tuesday it would strip two unwanted Airbus A380 superjumbo passenger jets for parts after failing to find an airline willing to keep them flying following a decision by Singapore Airlines not to keep them in service... ...Throwing the loss-making program a lifeline for a decade, Emirates recently ordered up to 36 more A380s and set out plans on Tuesday to install 56 Premium Economy seats.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
The central planners’ dream. Bigger is always better, focus on narrow productive efficiency, present trends drawn infinitely off into the future - and don’t forget, also the product of political haggling.
And very quickly, a different reality hits.
Also a symbol of the EU superstate as a whole.
Here’s the problem:
When it was launched, the A380 boasted highly customized interiors to help airlines promote a luxury feel, but the cost of replacing such bespoke fittings is now seen as a handicap.
“The problem is the cost of reconfiguration. It is $40 million or more per plane,” a senior industry source said.
I don’t mind the aircraft but hate those seats. Built for a 5 ft 6 metro male and are uncomfortable for anyone approaching 6 feet tall.
“Bigger is always better” — unless it’s cars or houses.
Or anyone built on the American Wide-Body model...
A380 delivers 0.52 gallons per seat-mile; Dreamliner delivers 0.38 gallons per seat-mile.
It took a few years longer, but the carriers who waited for it are killing the competition.
Boeing with Trump’s assistance now rules the world of commercial jet airliners: B737NG, B737MAX, B747-8 freighter, B767-200 cargo carrier, B737-300-500 cargo conversions, B757-200, B777, B787....magnificent passenger aircraft and magnificent converted freight aircraft. Boeing rules the world in aircraft construction & sales.
European Union, Airbus, Germany, France, England, take note...Trumpie can do without you...but, you cannot do without Trumpie and great American companies. Standby and see if Russia, Iran, China (PRC), India, etc. supply you with the trade you need to service and grow. You better come to terms with yourselves and realize you are not dealing with American Traitor Barack Hussein Obama...anymore. LMAO
I should have said:
A380 delivers 0.52 gallons per 100 seat-miles; Dreamliner delivers 0.38 gallons per 100 seat-miles.It took a few years longer, but the carriers who waited for it are killing the competition
Plus the dreamliner doesnt need modified runways or larger terminal areas.
Having flown on the A380 a few times, I really liked it as a passenger. It was smooth and comfortable.
From the sounds of this article, I don’t think being an owner is a winning proposition.
It’s as simple as: do people want to fly point to point or do they want to fly from point to hub to hub to point? Boeing betted on the former and won; Airbus betted on the latter and lost. Bigly.
“5 ft 6 metro male”. That sounds like something my daughter would say.
Boeing hedged their bets with the 747-8 and lost their shirts on it worse than Airbus has with the A380.
I don't understand this gal/seat-mile figure... sounds like, for a 7000 mile trip, a 240 seat Dreamliner would use (0.38 x 240 seats x 7000 mi) 638,000 gallons of jet fuel?! Its capacity is only 33,300 gal.
See Post 10.
Is the Dreamliner being produced in much Quantities? Are they into full production? This is one business I do not know much about.
I’ve seen an awful lot of wide body models in other countries, not just America.
My apologies. I misread the seat-mile figures in a table; those figures are per 100 miles, not per mile.
So the A380, configured for 508 passengers, would burn about 250 gallons of fuel per 100 miles, or about 25,000 gallons (or about 85 tons) per 10000 miles.
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