August 22, 2003 at 5:13 am
Heard a whisper that Antonov are considering building an Antonov AN 124-300 wih a capacity of 150 tonnes
Also Boeing is considering a stretched Boeing 717-300X to carry 130 passengers and a 717-200 lite to carry about 84 passengers
By: KabirT - 22nd August 2003 at 16:48
Well that might lure other operators than Air Tran.
By: dartie - 22nd August 2003 at 14:14
Well I think its a little bit too late for Boeing to start thinking about a stretched version for the B717 as one of the major B717 customers Air Tran has started to recieve different aircraft.
By: Arabella-Cox - 22nd August 2003 at 09:09
“Heard a whisper that Antonov are considering building an Antonov AN 124-300 wih a capacity of 150 tonnes”
150 tons is the official max payload of the average An-124… the record set was about 184 tons from memory.
By: KabirT - 22nd August 2003 at 06:58
717-200……. hmm countering the A318.
By: B777boy - 22nd August 2003 at 06:23
It would be nice to see more airlines flying the 717, hopefully this would boost the program! A new antonov would be neat although the last time YYC say a russian aircraft was when the G8 rolled through!