Baroque
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Post by Baroque on Mar 7, 2013 2:05:21 GMT 1
For a simple shrink, those figures for the -800 seem to be very good. (I'm supposed to be looking at FF model kg/knm/pax, right?).
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Post by Baroque on Mar 8, 2013 5:46:57 GMT 1
I just wondered. Could it be that what AAB is saying is that the -800 as it is (simple shrink) won't be built? And does it imply that Airbus is doing something else about it?
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XWB
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Post by XWB on Mar 8, 2013 9:00:44 GMT 1
It's not the first time AAB is saying things randomly. Let's wait until Airbus makes an announcement.
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Post by airboche on Mar 11, 2013 13:34:43 GMT 1
Technically the -800 was said to be the base model. So it's not a "shrink". The -900 is the first "stretch" and happens to just be the first family member being built.
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Post by addasih on Mar 11, 2013 15:56:59 GMT 1
I don't think so because this means -1000 is double stretch and JL mentioned multiple times that double stretch proved to be a failure
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Post by harty236 on Mar 11, 2013 16:07:55 GMT 1
Technically the -800 was said to be the base model. So it's not a "shrink". The -900 is the first "stretch" and happens to just be the first family member being built. I think this might have been the case before the A350 was relaunched. The 900 is now the base model.
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Post by Baroque on Mar 11, 2013 20:24:11 GMT 1
I don't think so because this means -1000 is double stretch and JL mentioned multiple times that double stretch proved to be a failure Well, not always...hopefully. Look what Boeing's doing with the 779X.
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Post by Baroque on Mar 11, 2013 22:18:01 GMT 1
From the same reuters Airbus sees A320neo orders, sets goal for earlier model article... - Leahy earlier also told the ISTAT aircraft financing conference that the wide-body A350, the planemaker's newest jet, would make its maiden flight in the summer but not necessarily in time for the June 17-21 Paris air show. - He vowed to stick with the A350-800, the smallest member of the mid-sized long-range jet, despite predictions from at least one customer, Qatar Airways, that the 270-seat model may be scrapped. "We have no intention of doing that," Leahy said. - However he said sales teams had been urged to upgrade customers to larger and more profitable versions until production hits its stride towards the end of the decade. I think we are looking at a later EIS for the -800 if Airbus can convince more operators to switch to the -900 and take advantage of the freed slots, but I don't believe they're going to abandon it.
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Post by Jkkw on Mar 12, 2013 13:53:37 GMT 1
I think we are looking at a later EIS for the -800 if Airbus can convince more operators to switch to the -900 and take advantage of the freed slots, but I don't believe they're going to abandon it. I agree, we might see Airbus push ahead with the -1000 as an earlier EIS will defiantly help with sales. They still need the -800 as it's the only aircraft between the A321 and the A359 (once the A330 stops production).
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Post by Jkkw on Mar 16, 2013 1:09:15 GMT 1
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