Per seat, it seems the A380 is burning 10% less fuel, lifting about 30% more revenue payload, and supplying about 50% more floor area than the 744ER.
And it still has range/payload up its sleeve, I remember a few people on this thread previously say it did not have the range for trans pacific sectors....
Now does anyone have the 747-300 numbers......
Zeke.....Firstly....The fuel burn and revenue per seat per km and so on is great if.....the thing is full.In this current financial climate is this going to continue?
Plus we still have to find out if it can operate all year on the Mel/Lax run with the same loads as it does on the Syd or Bne/Lax flights...
Secondly....What has the figures for the 300 got to do with the flying brioche?
Thirdly..What has the floor area got to do with the price of eggs?
We all know that when the excitement has died down and the sales people get the marketing people to sit down and stop partying they will put as many seats in the thing that they can....just as they did with the 747.
Remember the upper deck lounge as well as the wide galleys in Y/C....they lasted for a long time didn't they?
If there is a spare space anywhere in the brioche they will want to put a seat in it or if they can re design the interior and put pax in places like the over head lockers the sales team will try to...if they can get away with it.