Gentle Green Giant?

[Kingfish]

In the last few days I've read a few references in the media about the
A380 that referred to it as the "gentle green giant". Last I knew the
380's engines spewed the same nasty pollutants as any other jet in
service.

Must be the spinmeisters in the Airbus PR office working overtime
again.

[Bertie the Bunyip[_19_]]

Kingfish > wrote in news:74885512-45eb-4fed-b805-
:

> In the last few days I've read a few references in the media about the
> A380 that referred to it as the "gentle green giant". Last I knew the
> 380's engines spewed the same nasty pollutants as any other jet in
> service.
>
> Must be the spinmeisters in the Airbus PR office working overtime
> again.
>

They're all doing that lately. airlines, manufacturers.


Bertie

[Tina]

You could spin it as fewer tons of CO2 per passenger mile, I suppose.
That's the same advantage busses have over cars.

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On Nov 16, 10:20 am, Kingfish > wrote:
> In the last few days I've read a few references in the media about the
> A380 that referred to it as the "gentle green giant". Last I knew the
> 380's engines spewed the same nasty pollutants as any other jet in
> service.
>
> Must be the spinmeisters in the Airbus PR office working overtime
> again.

[Kingfish]

On Nov 16, 10:29 am, Tina > wrote:

> You could spin it as fewer tons of CO2 per passenger mile, I suppose.
> That's the same advantage busses have over cars.
>

I thought about that, but with SIA's A380 flying with *only* 471
seats, not many more than the 747-400, that argument kinda falls down.
Now, if they ever configure one of them with the 800 pax single-class
config. (cattle car) that'd make sense. : )

[Matt Whiting]

Kingfish wrote:
> On Nov 16, 10:29 am, Tina > wrote:
>
>> You could spin it as fewer tons of CO2 per passenger mile, I suppose.
>> That's the same advantage busses have over cars.
>>
>
> I thought about that, but with SIA's A380 flying with *only* 471
> seats, not many more than the 747-400, that argument kinda falls down.
> Now, if they ever configure one of them with the 800 pax single-class
> config. (cattle car) that'd make sense. : )

Only if the seats are always carrying a passenger.

Matt