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That’s what I thought but if you look at the long haul flight table [1] and sort by fuel per seat, the A380 is near the bottom of the list, along the B747 and A
by cm2187 4y ago
That’s what I thought but if you look at the long haul flight table [1] and sort by fuel per seat, the A380 is near the bottom of the list, along the B747 and A340, ie all the models with 4 engines.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_economy_in_aircraft#Long-haul_flights https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_economy_in_aircraft#Long-...
- benhurmarcel 4y agoYou have to take those figures with a big fistful of salt though, they are very dependent on the assumptions and particular mission used for the analysis.