newtechspy.com— Boeing is preparing a 1000 passenger jet that could reshape the Air travel industry for the next 100 years.
Apr 24, 2006View in Crawl 4
Which is why the article is nothing but a load of crap.First rule of business: enter a market that has no competition.Second rule of business: when competition shows up, distinguish yourself from your competitorsBoeing can only lose by making a "me-too" Monster Plane
Airbus is like a lot of other European firms. They follow an ethos. Airbus is "we build plane" BMW is we build cars" They are very good at what they do. US companies have one unifying ethos. "How do we make money"Boeing looks at the large body market and sees that the overriding control factor for profit is not how many people you can pack in an airframe. The CONTROLLING paradigm in the US is how many people can you push through an airport terminal. An A380 only works if everything at the departing and landing airport is on-time. If half your passengers are on transfer/connecting flights that are delayed you either leave them behind or wait for them and since you are not going to have spare flights laying around to catch the stragglers you have to wait or risk losing business to other carriers. Everyone knows that congestion at the terminals is going to get worse and the only way an A380 route is going to remain profitable is if they add on another long range jet as the last flight of the day to keep all those people that will miss flights in the loop. A perfect job for a Boeing 777-400ER.American airports since 9-11 can not cope with having 1000 people show up at once for 1 flight. They have to schedule flights as a steady stream that is only as fast as the TSA and we all know how reliable that is.
It's just a concept. Pure concept. And it's old too.. Seen that years ago in some magazines.. A380 and 747-800 - yr 2009 - (this plane? - 2018?) should be sufficient for now...Although it'd be nice to see a plane like this flying soon...
I have SERIOUS doubts about this. Boeing has already announced plans for the 747-8, which is a stretched version of the current 747. This will be their competitor with the A380. I am an aerospace engineering student and avid aviation fan, and I haven't even heard a whisper about this. I think blended wing designs are still quite a ways off, at least for commercial use. I think this story is just someone's pipe dream.
Good find, Digg just in case some authenticity arises, cool if Boeing are thinking of this, but I still hate the thought of being crammed into something with soooo many people - much rather see faster aricraft designs
Personally I think Boeing will be forced to make another wide body jet larger than the 747 to compete with the A380 after all they have lost at the moment major international airlines like Singapore Airlines and Qantas who have chosen to purchase A380's instead of the 747-8 for long haul international flights. I still think that their is a market for the 787 but in places like Australia and the US (unlike Europe where it maybe used for international flights) the 787 will be used on interstate flying and short haul international flights
paniqueApr 24, 2006
Which is why the article is nothing but a load of crap.First rule of business: enter a market that has no competition.Second rule of business: when competition shows up, distinguish yourself from your competitorsBoeing can only lose by making a "me-too" Monster Plane
asoggywaffleApr 24, 2006
"In 2012, when Jesus comes back in his spaceship to kill us all, it won't matter very much, now will it?"amen!
basscadetApr 24, 2006
Planes and cars are two entirely different things. I'm willing to bet there are more than a few American engineers working for Airbus.
pinnetteApr 24, 2006
JohnboiWaltune said "In 2012, when Jesus comes back in his spaceship to kill us all, it won't matter very much, now will it?"Are you a Scientologist?
jebivukApr 25, 2006
Airbus is like a lot of other European firms. They follow an ethos. Airbus is "we build plane" BMW is we build cars" They are very good at what they do. US companies have one unifying ethos. "How do we make money"Boeing looks at the large body market and sees that the overriding control factor for profit is not how many people you can pack in an airframe. The CONTROLLING paradigm in the US is how many people can you push through an airport terminal. An A380 only works if everything at the departing and landing airport is on-time. If half your passengers are on transfer/connecting flights that are delayed you either leave them behind or wait for them and since you are not going to have spare flights laying around to catch the stragglers you have to wait or risk losing business to other carriers. Everyone knows that congestion at the terminals is going to get worse and the only way an A380 route is going to remain profitable is if they add on another long range jet as the last flight of the day to keep all those people that will miss flights in the loop. A perfect job for a Boeing 777-400ER.American airports since 9-11 can not cope with having 1000 people show up at once for 1 flight. They have to schedule flights as a steady stream that is only as fast as the TSA and we all know how reliable that is.
cwcheangApr 25, 2006
It's just a concept. Pure concept. And it's old too.. Seen that years ago in some magazines.. A380 and 747-800 - yr 2009 - (this plane? - 2018?) should be sufficient for now...Although it'd be nice to see a plane like this flying soon...
plefnoApr 30, 2006
I have SERIOUS doubts about this. Boeing has already announced plans for the 747-8, which is a stretched version of the current 747. This will be their competitor with the A380. I am an aerospace engineering student and avid aviation fan, and I haven't even heard a whisper about this. I think blended wing designs are still quite a ways off, at least for commercial use. I think this story is just someone's pipe dream.
hrh_king_lerxstMay 1, 2006
Southwest is a pretty big Boeing customer. All they fly are 737s
rebblescumMay 1, 2006
Good find, Digg just in case some authenticity arises, cool if Boeing are thinking of this, but I still hate the thought of being crammed into something with soooo many people - much rather see faster aricraft designs
neophyterepJul 15, 2006
The publicly available status is here:<a class="user" href="http://www.boeing.com/phantom/news/2006/q2/060504b_nr.html">http://www.boeing.com/phantom/news/2006/q2/060504b_nr.html</a>
mcajimboSep 8, 2009
Personally I think Boeing will be forced to make another wide body jet larger than the 747 to compete with the A380 after all they have lost at the moment major international airlines like Singapore Airlines and Qantas who have chosen to purchase A380's instead of the 747-8 for long haul international flights. I still think that their is a market for the 787 but in places like Australia and the US (unlike Europe where it maybe used for international flights) the 787 will be used on interstate flying and short haul international flights