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Old 5th April 2013 | 10:18
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toffeez
 
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From: toofaraway
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"The fuel savings, engineering monitoring functions and passenger comfort make this an easy choice for them."

That's not how airlines choose planes. The things that count are cash going out and cash coming in.

Despite its unverified fuel savings the operating costs are much like any other plane.
It's expensive to buy and we'll see in 10 years what the maintenance costs are like.

Boeing undersized the -8 version so it will always have a challenge to generate enough cash to cover the costs.

This is not a dream, but reality.
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