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but included in those are orders for Qantas (8) more freighter orders. The UPS order for 14 200nmi greater range to 8700nm. Boeing has
and Virgin (6) that both airlines have said they that threw the jumbo a lifeline has 14 options another 121 777-300ER / 777-200F to deliver
will not take. Also, it includes the order from with many bullish that they will be converted. and at the current rate of seven a month will
Amedeo (20) which the company is yet to leave the manufacturer short before the
place. If these commitments are excluded the Twin Aisle Titans 777X picks up the rate again. So far, this year
number falls to 73. On the future of the A380 in The problem for the A380 and the 747 are Boeing has 9 firm orders for the 777-300ER
a report from New York based Bernstein titled the giant twins in the form of the A350 so perhaps some special deals on the 777F are
Commercial Aircraft: ISTAT themes -Growth, and 777X which have huge order books and in the wind and the firming up of the Iran Air
risk, Airbus vs. Boeing, engines, money it performances to match. In its May 8 report order for 15 777-300ERs would be a blessing.
states it is “skeptical that this plan [A380 pax Airbus, Boeing: Critical issues part 1 -The Over its direct competitor the A350-1000,
increase project] will reenergize A380 sales market; Iran, Persian Gulf carriers, traffic which is in flight test, Boeing says the 777X-9
without a new engine. While a higher seat growth Bernstein says that it expects “the has a 12 per cent fuel efficiency advantage and
count can improve seat-mile economics, we seat mile costs of the 777X to be lower than a 10 per cent margin in operating economics.
have not found airlines to object to the A380 those for the A380, even though the A380 Airbus claims that the A350-1000 is 25 per
because it is too small. Even though airlines is larger.” And the New York analyst groups cent more fuel efficient than the 777-300ER.
can capture premium fares on the A380, it says the Boeing 777X, which has 326 orders However, Airbus is mulling a A350-2000 to
is a problem if it cannot be filled regularly. including Singapore Airlines’ commitment for close that gap [with the 777X-9] and the Paris
Given the fact that the A380’s engines are two 20), is ahead of schedule a fact that has been Air Show may give more clues. That aircraft,
generations older than those on the 777X, we confirmed to Asian Airlines by Seattle sources also dubbed the -8000 and -1100, would be 4m
believe that it will be difficult for the A380 to who suggest that the EIS will be December stretch seating another 45 passengers. The
compete well against the 777X on economics.” 2019. Previously Boeing had simply said 2020. MTOW increase would be a modest 11 t to 319
While the A380 order book is bigger than the Compared to a 777-300ER the 777X-9 will carry t and would require only a slight lift in thrust
787-8s 21 (as at May 27) to be delivered Boeing 60 more passengers and carry them 230nm from the Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-97.
has the jumbo’s build rate at just 6 a year which further to 7600nmi, while the 777X-8 carries Of more immediate concern Bernstein
give it another three years with a prospect for 50 more than a 777-200LR and will have a sees the main challenges for the A350 being

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