Boeing 747i – Is Tim Clark reading this?
By IAG | January 20th, 2010 | Posted in 747-8, boeing | No Comments
This image taken from here. We recommend you spend some time on the site if you like things with wings. This image is especially important because of Emirates' CEO Tim Clark saying the 747i can't fly Dubai-LAX with a full load. Where did he get his data from? In fact, given Emirates desire to serve all of Oceania, this seems to be the right airplane as it can do every city in the region nonstop.
And according to Boeing it can do so comfortably with a nice margin. Good to see this 40 year old design is as remarkable as some other stablemates, like the B-52, 737 and 707.
That 6% burning issue about fuel
By IAG | March 21st, 2007 | Posted in 747-8, a380, lufthansa | No Comments
So where do you go to get the real story? As you may have read further below there are interesting numbers on fuel burn. The best place to go is an airline that has data from both planes because they bought both. So here is some data from the only airline that has done so – and look at that! The A380 has a 6% better fuel burn on a per passenger basis. Not our number, this is Lufthansa's data. Link here and here.
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Boeing has its data the other way around, their 747-8 has 16% lower burn than the 747-400 and 10% better than the A380. Airbus says a 405 seater 747-8 is 12% below a 747-400 (370 seats) and a 525 seater A380 is 17% lower (presumably Lufthansa configurations).
Since the OEM's have an axe to grind, the Lufthansa data seems objective, wouldn't you think? With the bad news about the A380, Airbus likely found this week's US tour de force was a smart marketing move – its all you see on TV. Now this data point pops us. Maybe this will make a few more people think the A380 is a player, despite its birth pangs.
That 6% burning issue about fuel
By IAG | March 21st, 2007 | Posted in 747-8, a380, lufthansa | No Comments
So where do you go to get the real story? As you may have read further below there are interesting numbers on fuel burn. The best place to go is an airline that has data from both planes because they bought both. So here is some data from the only airline that has done so – and look at that! The A380 has a 6% better fuel burn on a per passenger basis. Not our number, this is Lufthansa's data. Link here and here.
Boeing has its data the other way around, their 747-8 has 16% lower burn than the 747-400 and 10% better than the A380. Airbus says a 405 seater 747-8 is 12% below a 747-400 (370 seats) and a 525 seater A380 is 17% lower (presumably Lufthansa configurations).
Since the OEM's have an axe to grind, the Lufthansa data seems objective, wouldn't you think? With the bad news about the A380, Airbus likely found this week's US tour de force was a smart marketing move – its all you see on TV. Now this data point pops us. Maybe this will make a few more people think the A380 is a player, despite its birth pangs.
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