This might not be your first time seeing this picture, but definitely worth mentioning about the future of air transportation.
The largest passenger airliner was used to be B747-400, until this flying giant taken over the lead with 50% more floor space. This double deck, four engine monster is able to swallow at least 525 people compared to 416 people in B747-400. Besides that, the design range of A380 is up to 15,000 km, even 1,000 km more than the B747-400 Extended Range. The max take off weight of A380 is 560,000 kg as compared to 440,000 kg of B747-400, this would absolutely helping the purchaser to decide whether to go for something that can carry additional 100,000 kg of sellable weights.
Now we saw Airbus is moving towards large capacity development, but how about Boeing?
Boeing chose to develop a derivative for the 400 to 500 seat market, instead of matching the A380's capacity.
B747-8 is the answer to the above question. B747-8 is an upgraded version of B747-400. Definitely Boeing is thinking about the economical benefits of their clients, due to similar training, interchangeable parts, and certifications would be a huge savings as compared to the new A380.
Anyhow, we expected to see the first commercial flight of B747-8 in 2010, if everything goes smoothly.
1 unit of A380 will cost you about 320 millions euro and B747-8 would be 290 millions US if you are interested.
Its good to see A380 could reduce the cabin noise up to 50% and higher cabin air pressure than B747-400 (I’m really looking forward to see this!)
Shall talk less and let’s have a look at Singapore Airlines's A380-800 edition.
The largest passenger airliner was used to be B747-400, until this flying giant taken over the lead with 50% more floor space. This double deck, four engine monster is able to swallow at least 525 people compared to 416 people in B747-400. Besides that, the design range of A380 is up to 15,000 km, even 1,000 km more than the B747-400 Extended Range. The max take off weight of A380 is 560,000 kg as compared to 440,000 kg of B747-400, this would absolutely helping the purchaser to decide whether to go for something that can carry additional 100,000 kg of sellable weights.
Now we saw Airbus is moving towards large capacity development, but how about Boeing?
Boeing chose to develop a derivative for the 400 to 500 seat market, instead of matching the A380's capacity.
B747-8 is the answer to the above question. B747-8 is an upgraded version of B747-400. Definitely Boeing is thinking about the economical benefits of their clients, due to similar training, interchangeable parts, and certifications would be a huge savings as compared to the new A380.
Anyhow, we expected to see the first commercial flight of B747-8 in 2010, if everything goes smoothly.
1 unit of A380 will cost you about 320 millions euro and B747-8 would be 290 millions US if you are interested.
Its good to see A380 could reduce the cabin noise up to 50% and higher cabin air pressure than B747-400 (I’m really looking forward to see this!)
Shall talk less and let’s have a look at Singapore Airlines's A380-800 edition.
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