Airbus or Boeing?
Which one is currently winning the battle and selling the most long range planes to large airliners. (Not about the 737 or A320 and stuff) As it seems as much as I love boeing Airbus is a step ahead. With Ethiad and Emirates and Singapore . 777-300 what a beautiful plane. A340-500 or 600. How beautiful. 747-400 maybe A330 maybe 737-900 beautiful so is the 737-300. A321 what a beauty. A318 what a tiny beautiful plane. A300-310 too old. 767 too old
NEW 787-9 787-8 787-3
Currently, Airbus is in a sorry situation of not being able to produce and supply their new, super-large passenger or cargo aircraft to any airlines or government on a timely basis. Poor planning resulted substantial production delays. Examples are wing wiring that won’t propery mate with harnesses in the fuselage and each airline wanting complex customizations. As a result, the Brits are buying Boeing C17’s because Airbus said that it must roll back deliveries of the 400M to late 2008. Analysts believe it to be later. FEDEX cancelled its order for ten 380 freighters and went with fifteen Boeing 777 freighters.
In June 2006 Airbus took it in the shorts when major investors bailed out just prior to news of even more production delays (a Euro Enron, huh?). Analysts say the losses to Airbus will be in the billions of euros.
The idiots who designed the A380 failed to consider just how few facilities can handle this large aircraft without spending substantial money on infrastructure changes to the boarding facilites. Of these airports: ORD, LAX, DEN, DUL and ATL, which has the capital to build new gate facilities? None. Airlines don’t have that kind of money to spend right now. AAL, UAL, Delta, et al, are taking hits in their wallets because of high fuel costs. They can’t afford to pay the cost of gate and baggage handling improvements, as they are just on the edge of or are just recovering from bankruptcy.
I am a retired Naval Aviator and a very frequent flier. I book my flights to specifically AVOID ANY Airbus aircraft. I will fly Boeing first and only.
Boeing 747-800 “defining luxery”
