Why is the A380 called the A380?!
Why is the A380 called the A380- what happened to the A350/60/70?
And why is it the A380-800? What happened to 1/2/3/4/5/6/700? And what happened to the A340-400? I know they're French, but surely they can count?! ;) |
I read somewhere that they used the 380, because the 8 could be seen as two hulls ontop each other. Why - 800?? Haven't got a clue
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The 800 comes from the fact that Airbus are showing potential buysers that they have built the top of the range model first. In other words there shouldn't be a new and improved model on the market in a few years time; this is it! (Fact)
I also read that the 400 model Airbus 340 was avoided since this number was too well associated with Boeing. (Unconfirmed rumour) ;) |
Just seen an article in 'Flight International' that mentions the stretched A380 which will become the A380-900 but no indication of an entry to service date.
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Just heard this explanation on the radio on the day Airbus officially launched the project and went from A3XX to A380 :
They asked marketing experts, and they found A350 would be the normal Name, but that is a too small step in numbers for the step in Aviation, this Plane shall represent. 360 would mean a full circle, so no progress, very bad 370 is bad because the 7 is an unlucky number for our asian carriers, who should buy the plane (don't know why JAL owns Boeing 777, but never mind Boeing might have no marketing experts :D ) 380 makes sense, two 340 above each other (2*4=8) and looking like the cross section. That's the outcome if others than engineers decide something :D |
a good question
that is a good question and like alot of things in aviation i havent got a scooby as to why! but why was the first airbus the a300? and why was the tornado the panavia 200?
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A300 because the design of the plane was done to become a high density plane with 280-310 seats.....that is why it became the Airbus300....
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