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Does this plan have a market? I thought the airbus A380 was having a very bad time and airlines don't want it anymore because it's too big.
by sschueller 7y ago
Does this plan have a market? I thought the airbus A380 was having a very bad time and airlines don't want it anymore because it's too big.
- p_l 7y agoA crucial difference is that, ultimately, 777X is a much smaller plane with easier operations compared to huge A380. It needs no new special handling compared to the existing 777, which already had a higher amount of airports available as destinations, if only because it didn't need two-level tunnels for speedy embarkation/disembarkation. Also, 777 has always served the long distance market, and this plane is essentially an extension for it without many of the downsides of both A380 and 747
- sithadmin 7y agoIt's not the capacity of the A380 that airlines dislike; it's that operating a heavy, double-decker quad-jet is expensive. It's estimated that A380s have an hourly operating cost that is double (or more) that of a 777. Which isn't surprising, considering an empty A380 weighs in at about 280 tons. An empty 777-300 weighs in somewhere around 180 tons.