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"Fritz" wrote in message ... Kevin Brooks wrote: 7E7 will offer airlines a new airframe (they can't fly the same old ones forever) No ? No. Aircraft have definite service lives. Some helicopters don't. Point to the modern passenger carrying aircraft that offers infinite cycles and airframe hours. Brooks -- Fritz |
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Fritz wrote:
Pooh Bear wrote: wrote: One wonders if the Concorde would have been such an economic loser if they had focused more on the long haul Pacific routes and less on the Atlantic though national pride and regs probably wouldn't allow the hubs to be SF and LA instead of London and Paris. BA actually made good money on Concorde It looks to me that BA lose money twice: 1) the Concorde was never profitable On the terms that they ( BA ) acquuired the aircraft - it was indeed profitable. BOAC probably lost money on Concorde operations but when BA was formed by combining BOAC and BEA it was expected to be commercially viable and negotiated a 'deal' on the price it paid for Concorde. 2) the Concorde was a mis-opportunity to develop an European 747 That's not an issue for BA as an operator. BA made money from 747 ops too. Of course there is now a 'super-jumbo' on its way that's European, that would likely never have seen the light of day had it not been for the spin-off collaboration that created Airbus, following Concorde's development. Graham |
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*We* like European companies to be succesful for much the same
reason. Really? So Airbus' success is a good thing for the Irish? I'm afraid the only real risk is to have one company alone. Monopoly's nevera good solution. -- Fritz |
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Smutny wrote:
Airlines that use 737's on trans-Atlantic Are there any? -- -- Luca http://www.geocities.com/lucaarnu/ |
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"Matthew Chidester" wrote in message news:pXs3d.13921$wV.2523@attbi_s54...
well I hope boeing comes out of this and stays alive, from a pilot perspective I'm not a fan of joysticks on the side for flight controls and i've worked around them.. they're pretty aircraft, I just wouldn't want to fly in that cockpit. I think allowing FBW on transports was stupid in the first place. Allowing Boeing to buy McDonnell-Douglas was a bad idea, however. Even though McDD management were idiots, having only one major aircraft company just isn't smart. |
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Ted Azito wrote:
Allowing Boeing to buy McDonnell-Douglas was a bad idea, however. bad idea if all what you are goin gto do with the newly acquyired company is to DESTROY it. -- Fritz |
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