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Small quad orderbook

Can anyone comment on the orderbook of small quads?

Finnair recently received the last A340-300 liner. The A340-300 orderbook is one private jet.

The A340-500 orderbook is 11: 10 liners and one private jet.
The A340-600 orderbook is 20: 19 liners and one private jet.

So there is a total of 32 A340 orders – 29 liners and 3 private jets.

It seems that Il-96 also has an orderbook of 32. Can anyone provide a breakdown between liners, private planes and freighters?

Boeing 747 has a total of 106 orders: 20 liners (the Lufthansa ones), 6 private planes and 80 freighters.

So, there seem to be 170 small quad orders, compared to 186 A380 orders.

Are any more orders expected?

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By: Bmused55 - 29th August 2008 at 22:29

Well, compared to A380 everything else is…

Now I think of it, I forgot the dedicated freighters like An-124. What is their orderbook like?

LOL

And I suppose the A333 and B764 are to be considered small twins? They are, after all, smaller than the 773ER!

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By: chornedsnorkack - 29th August 2008 at 18:07

Now I think of it, I forgot the dedicated freighters like An-124. What is their orderbook like?

This spring, there were talks of producing more:
http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2008/04/28/afx4941659.html

Any updates about that?

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By: tenthije - 23rd August 2008 at 16:53

Huys, might I suggest that the original poster was probably refering to the small orderbook as opposed to small quads?

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By: symon - 23rd August 2008 at 13:49

747-400 Length: 70.6 m
747-8 Length: 76.4 m
A340-600 Length: 75.3 m
A380-800 Length: 73 m

I take it the Lufty order is the 747-8i one? Are airlines not tending to switch to 2 enigined models now due to fuel economy and ETOPS reasons? With the exception to the A380 of course due to its capacity. Not sure where the 747-8i fits in…..

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By: Ren Frew - 23rd August 2008 at 13:19

A380 is definitely shorter than an A346 and I would guess is probably shorter than a 744 as well.

I think the A380 is just a tad longer than the 744, certainly judging from the scale models…;)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v336/whisky110/230820081708.jpg

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By: wysiwyg - 23rd August 2008 at 12:40

A380 is definitely shorter than an A346 and I would guess is probably shorter than a 744 as well.

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By: chornedsnorkack - 23rd August 2008 at 09:13

I don’t know, but a 747 a ‘small’ quad?:confused:

Well, compared to A380 everything else is…

Now I think of it, I forgot the dedicated freighters like An-124. What is their orderbook like?

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By: LBARULES - 22nd August 2008 at 23:32

I don’t know, but a 747 a ‘small’ quad?:confused:

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