What happened to the A350 and A360?

Ta for That Bhoy. 🙂 And sorry once again.

thought it looked like a babelfish sort of translation… 😀

right, the original text is…

Dabei hätte der Super-Airbus – der Zahlenlogik und dem A 340 folgend – einfach A 350 heissen können. Das aber hätte nicht den Techniksprung verkörpert, der mit dem Doppeldecker-Airbus verbunden ist. Die folgende Nummer A 360 steht für einen Vollkreis und galt daher auch als ungeeignet. Die sieben (für A370) sei, so glaubt man Toulouse, im fernen Osten eine Unglückszahl. Dagegen sei die 380 eine ästhetische Ziffer.

Here the Super-Airbus could, logically, and following on from the A340, just have been called A350. But that wouldn’t have have represented the quantum leap in technology required for the double decker Airbus. The Following number, A360 signifies a full circle [ie 360°], and was therefore also deemed unsuitable. The Seven [not sieve ;)] (in A370) is, they reckon in Toulouse,an unlucky number in the Far East. A380, however, was an aesthetic figure.

The original version is at: http://www.sphynx.de/html/a3xx.html

Sorry Bhoy, I posted it in a rather sloppy way.

Here are the sources from which I got these:

The first bit of text came from:

http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/design/q0108.shtml —- Scroll down to the bottom, under the picture of the SIA A380

The second bit of text came from:

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.sphynx.de/html/a3xx.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3DAirbus%2BA370%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26safe%3Doff — scroll down to the 6th paragraph.

Well I don’t think there is any reliable information about why Airbus chose the A380. I think it is more theories than actual evidence. Did Airbus ever release any information about why they chose A380?

‘Scuse me, 330C, but does that come with a translation?

Not quite sure I understand the techinque jump involved for the 350, although 360 makes sense for degrees, but what 370 has to do with sieves, I dunno?

That might actually be a babelfish translation? any idea of the original source, see if someone can work it out in contextual language?

Looks like it could be German, but I don’t want to start second guessing something I’m not even sure where it came from…

A theory from another site:

The superairbus would have – which number logic and A 340 following – A 350 to be called simple to be able. However the technique jump would not have embodied, which is connected with the double-decker airbus. The following number A 360 stands for a complete circle and applied therefore also as unsuitable. The sieved (for A370) is, then one believes Toulouse, in the far east a misfortune number. On the other hand the 380 is an aesthetic number

Well according to a sight that I have just visited, Airbus did a little
“market research” on the proposed name for what is the A380.

Apparently the A370 name was thrown out because it had a 7 in it, which coresponded with rival Boeing’s aircraft, e.g, 747 etc.

For whatever reasons, the numbers A350 and A360 were also deemed unpopular and appear to have been permanently skipped. A380 was eventually selected primarily because the cross-sectional shape of the fuselage resembles the digit 8, but also because 8 is considered a special number in Asian cultures, which is the primary market at which the A380 is aimed.

yeah, wasn’t the reason Airbus gave for the A3XX being renamed the A380 rather than A350 that the figure ‘8’ is supposed to be lucky in Asia?

I’d say missing and presumably permanently skipped is what the A350 to A370 range is.

Yes, I did mean the A350 and A360. After all there was a jump straight from A340 to A380!

I have always assumed they have left those vacant as they have plans in the pipeline for more intermediate size aircraft.

Originally posted by Pembo330
Also, what happened to the A370?:confused:

More room for improvement?

regards,

jw

Also, what happened to the A370?:confused:

By me saying the 360 is in production, I also assumed Mongu was reffering to the A340-600, and the same with the 350 being the A340-500??

Mongu???

Originally posted by A330Crazy
The 360 is still going strong in production, but as for the 350, I have no idea, I thought that Emirates were to take their first sometime this year or early next year?

You mean the A340-500 / -600, don’ t you. I’ve never heard of an A350 or A360. So in that respact it is a valid question. If the A360 is in production do you have a photocraph of it, A330?

regards,
jw

The 360 is still going strong in production, but as for the 350, I have no idea, I thought that Emirates were to take their first sometime this year or early next year?