New Plane!!!

[Flechas]

http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2005/q4/nr_051114h.html

http://747.newairplane.com/

 

[Metro752]

Take That Scarebus!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

 

[Cardinal]

She looks purdy.

 

[OneBadLT123]

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=email_us&refer=us&sid=a0Ga5TflC9a0

i read the article here

Im so glad they are keeping the 747 legacy alive!!

 

[OneBadLT123]

The 747-8 ``is right in the sweet spot of what we think airlines will want,'' said Mulally. The new airliner won't require expensive investments in reinforcing runways and new airport terminals ``helping our customers enormously,'' he said.

THAT is going to be a huge boost...
Also on the boeing site it does not mention much about a passenger version, but the bloomberg aticle talks more about passenger and revenue...

The new plane, which follows two earlier failed attempts to stretch the 747 in the 1990s, will borrow technology from Boeing's new 787 jet, including General Electric Co. engines, to provide 20 percent lower trip costs, Boeing said. The plane, called the 747-8, will have about 450 seats, 34 more than the current 747-400, and carry 15 more tons of freight. The A380 seats 555 and costs $280 million in the passenger version and $300 million as a freighter.

This just made my day! We can still see 747's comming in insted of the A380(what an ugly plane with no legacy)

 

[Metro752]

A380 = French Frier fueled with JETA

 

[mar]

747-8

I just saw 747-8 crawl across the bottom of my screen on CNNs ticker tape.

I just figured the dumbass journos got the dash number wrong and confused it with the 787 or the 380.

Boeing can really use a shot in the arm right now.

Buona Fortuna.

 

[mzaharis]

THAT is going to be a huge boost...
Also on the boeing site it does not mention much about a passenger version, but the bloomberg aticle talks more about passenger and revenue...

There is a passenger version, but no firm orders yet. According to the chattering classes at Airliners.net (motto - we won't stop until our signal-to-noise ratio is zero), British Airways and Cathay are looking seriously at it.

 

[Lrjtcaptain]

280mill for a pax A380 and 300mill for a cargo......im assuming the pax versions come without interior, entertainment, or is the cargo more expensive due to more moving parts on larger doors???

 

[A1FlyBoy]

747-8:

Compared to the A380, the 747-8F will offer 20 percent lower trip costs.

AND she is easy on the eyes...