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- From: Helen Trillian Rose <hrose@eff.org>
- Subject: Re: Boeing 747-300
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 17:26:36 -0500
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- Karl> == Karl Swartz <kls@ohare.Chicago.COM>
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- Karl> Mfr. Type MGTOW seating service
- Karl> Boeing 747-400 870,000 430 1989
- Karl> MacDAC MD-11 618,000 250 1991
- Karl> Airbus A-340 559,000 230 1993
- Karl> Boeing 777 515,000 ~220 1995
-
- I hadn't thought the B777 was going to be in between the 757 (~200) and
- 767 (~250) passengers. I thought it was going to fill the niche between
- the 767 and the 747 -- about the size of the old 747SP in number of
- seats. The 777 is a widebody as wide as the 747's (3-4-3 seating in
- economy) and was meant to fill the market left wide open by the L-1011
- and DC-10 trijets (one big reason why it has optional folding wingtips:
- to fit into a DC-10 gate).
-
- Karl> In the 600+ passenger market, Boeing has talked about both
- Karl> further stretches of the 747 and an entirely new aircraft,
- Karl> sometimes using the N650 moniker. McDonnell-Douglas has most
- Karl> recently talked about the MD-12 -- once yet another stretch of
- Karl> the MD-11 -- as a new and much larger aircraft, also in the 600+
- Karl> passenger category.
-
- McDonnell Douglas has put a hold on the MD-12 for lack of financing
- (lets face it, would *you* get into bed with a company that produced the
- DC-10?).
-
- Karl> Airbus has said that if there is demand and/or if Boeing builds
- Karl> such an aircraft, Airbus will build one too. The name A600 or
- Karl> maybe A2000 seems vaguely familiar though I can't locate any
- Karl> references.
-
- Only Airbus would create a plane just to compete with Boeing. Just
- imagine, Europe, your tax money is going to support the egos of a bunch
- of political types. And inciting fear in any airliner fan. What a
- worthwhile task.
-
- --Helen
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