Take that Leahy
No doubt this is the reason behind the cancelled A350s a while back.
By: merlin2 - 11th July 2014 at 20:13
Leahy should have been fired long time ago. .I never understood how this arrogant idiot has managed to convince the Airbus board that there was a potential market for 1700 aircraft for the behemoth. LOL…
The initial development costs of 12 billion dollars already exceeded 25 billion and counting. If you take Emirates 140 order out of the total of 380 ) out of the equation , the project would have collapsed years ago.
Also the investment in A340-500 and 600 was a complete disaster both versions wiped out by 777-300ER..The present operators are desperately trying to get rid of them but its difficult .A-350-1000’s fate was sealed when Boeing anounced the launch of 777X …Today ,Boeing dominates the widebody segment with a healthy 65% and this could increase to 70% when 787-10 is available.
A-350-8 is a joke as well ..The launch of A320 NEO seems to be the only success he can show. Time to retire Leahy…
By: garryrussell - 11th July 2014 at 12:51
The twin engine revolution is not well under way…it has been for many years now
By: Amiga500 - 10th July 2014 at 20:16
Why the Leahy bashing?
‘cos the man acts like an a$$hol€.
Could the order for the 777 be down to delivery date? Seems strange that they ordered the A350 in the first place, they must be more than happy with 777 operating as many as they do.
Its just a 777-X order here, so must be capacity (or maybe expected improved cashflow in the later delivery years) rather than earlier slots.
By: Mr Merry - 10th July 2014 at 17:46
Take that Leahy
No doubt this is the reason behind the cancelled A350s a while back.
Why the Leahy bashing?
Could the order for the 777 be down to delivery date? Seems strange that they ordered the A350 in the first place, they must be more than happy with 777 operating as many as they do.
By: Arabella-Cox - 10th July 2014 at 15:53
Except if you need to carry more than 400 people in one aircraft, which is where the A380 and, to a lesser extent, the B747-8 come in.
By: David B - 10th July 2014 at 15:36
Hi Everyone! – My first post here and I’m glad to be with you, I’m a regular at Heathrow and have been for the past 30 years – so I will be bringing you some top photos and videos from that time. The EK order is impressive and also now the standard for most airlines, gone are the days when any major carrier would order the Boeing 747. Any airline that was a major player had the Jumbo in it’s fleet, nowadays it would be seen as reckless to order the Queen of the skies – The twin engined revolution is well under way!
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