Airbus A380 and Boeing 747 Go Toe to Toe, Take Off the Gloves Boys
The Airbus A380 and the Boeing 747 fight for jumbo airliner bragging rights
Airbus A380 and Boeing 747 Prepare to do Battle for Jumbo Supremacy
Executives from both Airbus and Boeing expect strong sales from their respective ‘behemoth’ jumbo jets, the Airbus A380 and Boeing 747 respectively.
Airbus is bullish on sales for the A380 Superjumbo this year, even in the wake of the plane’s wing-crack fiasco:
‘Mark Pearman-Wright, head of leasing and investor marketing at Airbus, said the European plane maker would meet its delivery target and sell more A380s than it produces this year.
“We’ll sell A380s to airlines around the world this year,” he told an Ascend aviation conference on Wednesday.’
Boeing, on the other hand, is confident that their newest variant on one of the most successful (albeit older) planes ever, the 747-8 Intercontinental, will show strong sales as well:
‘Boeing is less confident than its European rival of demand for jets over 400 seats, preferring to focus its spending on mid-sized lightweight aircraft such as the 787 Dreamliner.
But Tony Simpson, managing director for Europe, Russia and Central Asia at Boeing Capital said negotiations were under way to sell the newly launched passenger version of the 747-8.
“We see a big market to the Middle East and Asia. There are a lot of discussions going on in those places,” he said.’
Boeing has 17 ‘provisional’ orders for the 747-8 while Airbus ‘expects’ to sell 30 A380s this year.
Let the games begin…
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So where do I start? :)
That the 747-8 is superior in every way?? :)
Something like that. :)
Statistically, the 747-8i gets better fuel efficiency, holds more payload, has a faster cruise speed, longer range, lower cost, has never had an incident, and obviously lower maintenance costs. Pretty simple!
I like the A380, and I think they will ultimately sort out their issues. But if I’m buying a jumbo RIGHT NOW I agree with Chris…I’m buying a 747-8. I know it’s reliable and you cannot debate its history…one the best planes ever if not THE best.
You have to appreciate the 747′s solid pedigree! ;)
Boeing 747 as indeed the 777 are the best commercial airplanes ever made,period.They are simply,”Superior” to anything europe has put in the sky.Also from crew operator point of view easy to operate,(makes their life simpler)and from the airline point of view lesser ground time with less technical probs.Go Boeing!!!!
True, the maintenance costs are so much better for most Boeing models, and especially with the 747 as spare parts are so easy to find!
Sales are the litmus test when comparing models of the same ilk. For that reason, the A380 is proving to be the better passenger airliner it seems. But the 747-8 has the pedigree for sure.