On Oct 11, 11:33 am, john_k...@hotmail.com (John Kulp) wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:31:48 +0100, "William Black"
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> >The A380 addresses this market, which is already dominated by Airbus
> >products. The 787 is just another 300 seater wide-bodied jet.
>
> Baloney again. Airbus is having huge problems selling the A380
> because airports have to be rebuilt among other things and most of the
> demand can be met with other aircraft that don't have this
> requirement. Like the 787 and newer versions of the 747.
Well, you're basically rearguing the Boeing and Airbus positions.
Boeing has tried to sell stretch 747's to compete with the A380
but couldn't sell any. Flip side is that Boeing is selling 787's
hand over fist and Airbus has currently peaked with the A380.
The question still remains, once the uncertainties around
the A380 are worked out, will the markets support/demand
the aircraft in sufficient numbers? We know the market is
there for the 787. Boeing was betting that there wouldn't
be one for an A380 size (in sufficient numbers to try to
bother making one). Airbus was accused of going into the
market because they had nothing in the 747 size and
they hoped to take over the market. Time will tell whether
either was correct.
Boeing believes that when the Asian markets take off,
their will be sufficient demand to support alot of 787's
flying direct to major desitinations, as oppose to
huge A380's flying to a few major hubs. I suspect there
may be enough market for both of them. But there may
never be a market big enough for two A380 size aircraft.
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