Originally posted by greekdude1
I love how nobody wishes to address the whole, “Airbus giving up on its products” issue. I believe the 763 is in the same class as the A332. The ranges and pax load are very similar. Again, that is debateable, because who does the 764 go head on with? Either way, it doesn’t matter. As I mentioned previously, both companies make great aircraft. Some are just better in particular markets, than others. As far as “what if’s” go, yeah, ‘what if?’ You can ‘what if?’ till you’re blue in the face. ‘What if’ Pan Am didn’t go under? ‘What if’ TWA hadn’t sold its Heathrow slots to AA back in 91? What if the RB211 didn’t ruin the L1011? ‘What if’ IAE had come through with the Superfan? Well, they didn’t, that’s the bottom line. As a result, the A340 was stuck with juiced up 737 engines till the 500 series Trents came out. My question is, why didn’t they just initially stick four 757 engines under there, a la the C-17 and IL-96M? At the time (still is), it was still a rather modern, fuel efficient engine, and they would have gotten better peformance on it.
I agree with most you say..specialy i think comparing Airbus and Boeing is unfair to both companies as both make world-class jets.
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