On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 06:05:35 GMT, A Guy Called Tyketto
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>In rec.travel.air John Kulp wrote:
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>> Yeah, only 2 years and several billions dollars late. And, of course,
>> it doesn't compete with the 787. The 787 competes with the new A350
>> whose first expected delivery is sometime in 2013.
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> That isn't the point. The point is that Boeing insisted that
>the delays that plagued the A380 wouldn't happen with the B787.. Yet,
>here they are, with delays on the B787. For Boeing, it's "Hello Face,
>I'm Egg."
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So did Airbus. So what's the big deal? The 787 is infinitely more
successful than the A380 which may well never be profitable and then
tried to flog a basic A350 as an alternative to the 787 which
absolutely no one wanted. New aircraft delays are nothing new anyway.
Big deal. |