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by Xixi 8y ago
I strongly doubt it: larger planes simply don't sell, this is not specific to the A380. Let's look one size below: On Airbus side the second biggest airliner is the A350-1000: very light, top notch engines -> 170 orders so far,
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Airbus A380 Program Termination Expected Tomorrow(leehamnews.com)
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There are experts predicting economic recessions in the US every single day, no need to bring a West/East nationalistic divide to it. They are mostly wrong about US too, but it doesn't mean that recessions don't happen. It ju
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On the other hand the A318 is not in production anymore, and I doubt it would cross the pond with 107 seats. There's two tendencies in the market of airliners at the moment: single aisles are getting bigger, and twin aisles are getting
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Twins or Quads (2015)(leehamnews.com)
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On point 4: four engines have some disadvantages, but in terms of fuel consumption the difference is within 1% or 2% of two engines. The issue has more to do with maintenance, and reliability: with two extra engines, you are that much more
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A 300-400 person A380 is a very light A380: Emirates go from 489 passengers (ultra long-range version) up to 615 passengers (2 class long-range). The A380 is that huge. Also I don't think there are many 100 passengers airliners capab
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Lower cost/passenger, called CASM (Cost Per Available Seat Mile) only gets you so far without taking into account the other side of the equation: RASM (Revenue Per Available Seat Mile). Empty seats and heavily discounted tickets are no
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That's not completely true: the A380 is using composite extensively, more so than any aircraft built before (A330/340 or Boeing 777), although less than either Boeing 787 or A350. The problem of the A380 really boils down to one t
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It doesn't currently, although some airlines looking at the A350-900ULR are considering adding some amenities in the cargo haul, which would be accessed via a staircase similar to what some A340-600 operators did. The A350-900ULR is us
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What you are saying is quite interesting: basically if lawmakers need to have the skill of writing laws, then it means that they must be very educated in law matters. Lawyers, basically, which makes a lot of sense. But on the other hand i
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As a comparison I looked at the two best sellers in Europe [1]: Nissan Leaf and Renault Zoe. Renault Zoe is the cheapest at 22,900 USD without battery (which can be rent) or 31,350 USD with battery. Renting the battery is a popular choice i
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Europe 2018 EV Sales(cleantechnica.com)
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It's an often repeated misconception, but in Airbus planes the pilot has full control of every single control surface of the plane. Disabling the flight enveloppe protection system is probably necessary if you want to tail strike, but
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A lot of manufacturing has moved to Eastern Europe, especially car manufacturing. Ironically, UK was a strong advocate of the EU enlargement...
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The first Airbus FBW airliner was the A320, introduced in 1988 (31 years ago), while on Boeing side it was the 777, introduced in 1995 (24 years ago). By now I don't think it would make much of a difference, if any at all. If anything
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Blockchain’s Occam problem(mckinsey.com)
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You are describing me... So I'm there waiting for the iPhone mini/nano. I find it somewhat fascinating that Apple has chosen to reproduce the mistakes of the Mac (in the late eighties/early nineties -> higher prices/m
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I would argue that the campaign against the European Constitution in France was not completely unlike the campaign for Brexit. Opponents (on the left side of French politics) to the European Constitution argued that rejecting it would allow
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There's no technical reason that prevents Airbus or Boeing from building a supersonic airliner. The problem is not the supersonic plane itself, that's 70 years old tech: it's the cost of operating one profitably. Supersonic j
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Toyota Research Institute to Unveil Next Gen Autonomous Test Vehicle at CES(cleantechnica.com)
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There are 10^10 ten digit phone numbers, not 10!, since you can have the same digit several times...
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Delphi 10.3 “Rio” has been released(embarcadero.com)
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Why Europe Beats USA Again in Electric Car Sales(cleantechnica.com)
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One source, albeit a little bit old (2012): https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/933082...
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Regarding France, it seems that we have lost the actual knowledge on how to build nuclear power plants. Which should have been expected given that we stopped building those for quite a while, so of course the know-how is gone. Flamanville,
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SIPC doesn't protect from losses on investments, so they would not cover the (potential) losses on these securities.
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Current policies in place have the world on track to warming of 3.3˚C by 2100(cleantechnica.com)
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Plug-in electric vehicles market shares in France(cleantechnica.com)
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Tea in this context refers to drinks made out of a specific plant: Camellia Sinensis. Interestingly both black and green teas are made out of that very same plant. It's mostly the post-processing that make them either green, black, ool

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