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Old 29th Sep 2020, 11:53
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glofish
 
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The ride on the 380 is nice and quiet, agreed. The shower and the bar are quite fancy, agreed again.

Now let's put 4" of more insulation into the walls with a shower and a bar into a T7, or a Tupolev for that matter, and we'd have the same fan base lauding these airplanes (!) and the airlines pulling them off line later because the economy went down the drain .......
In physics you simply can't have it both ways - more comfort through more weight and more economy just don't go together. Even for Timmys and Ahmeds.
(by the way: that was what i said from day one. Not that the 380 was a bad airplane, but an unsustainable one for unsubsidized business)

The fan base wishing the 380 to return after the crisis can eventually make their wish come true, if they'd be ready to pay the effective price for its comfort, but that simply ain't gonna happen. Neither the earlier, nor the latter!

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