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If waiting for a part costs thousands a day, every day saved is a plus. I think there are a lot of companies willing to pay extra to get it in 18 days vs 27 da
by pasta 10y ago
If waiting for a part costs thousands a day, every day saved is a plus.
I think there are a lot of companies willing to pay extra to get it in 18 days vs 27 days.
- ekianjo 10y agoif that is the case you use airfreight.
- pasta 10y agoIt depends. A big airplane can carry like 20,000 kg total. This is the weight that fits in most containers. So its the airfreight cost vs the waiting cost.
- sbierwagen 10y agoAn airframe isn't going to fit inside an ISO container
- hueving 10y agoWho said anything about putting an airframe in a container?
- sbierwagen 10y agoWe discover here the perils of commenting right before you fall asleep.
- jessaustin 10y agoYou weren't wrong...
- csiegert 10y agoA big airplane can carry a lot more than 20,000 kg (20 metric tons) total. The Antonov An-225 Mriya can carry a payload of 200 tons for 4000 km[1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-225_Mriya#Specifications_.28An-225_Mriya.29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-225_Mriya#Specifica...
- mattkrause 10y agoThere is exactly one of those planes in existence. That said, I think someone is considering (re)starting production.