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Old 12th Sep 2019, 18:06
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Originally Posted by Samsonite
Ya will be great during fall and spring but good luck in the Summer heat and the Winter contaminated ops. Nothing like bringing a load of paxs but not their bags which happens frequently in EWR and IAD already. The 350 is a great 12 hour airplane and as most airlines including CX realized to late that the 1000 numbers are bogus and is the reason most airlines with orders tried to convert the 1000 orders to the 900. The 1000 might be a great airplane when the NEO version comes out.
NEO version? It won’t be with RR XWB engines. Those are tapped out at 97K. Maybe the RR UltraFan??? That seems to be a long ways off...
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