The 5 outstanding orders for the A310 are from Iraqi Airways aren’t then?

I think it’s safe to say there will be no further deliveries of the A310…

Great pics!

That VBird a/c looks good!

And I was wondering if I suffer from multiple personality disorder 😉

Sorry, I should’ve looked harder.

The closest I’ve experienced to that was in Seattle (I think) but the other plane was a regional prop. Am I right to say that LAX also has parallel runways for simultaneous jet airliners and prop/small jets?

You would love Goa ‘airport’ danairboy. The most shocking thing I’ve ever seen…

Is that poor devil at CDG (on whom this movie is loosely based on) still stranded there?

So which single aisle a/c is the most economical then ?

The answer is probably all of them- within their optimised operation.

The A321 clearly must have advantages over the 757- otherwise the airlines that are replacing the latter with the former wouldn’t be doing it.

A & B are always claiming their products are cheaper to run than their rivals. One of them offers lowest fuel burn, the other lowest cost per seat, the other lowest cost per trip, the other lowest maintenance…

I doubt there is a clear overall winner, otherwise most if not all airlines would operate that model and ignore the rest. My guess is that airlines look at the operation they want to run, the logistics, the turnaround, the capacity, the fuel burn, the performance rate, the weight restrictions, the maintenance cost, the commonality with existing fleet and the final purchase price, and then select the best suitable a/c. Sometimes it turns to be the 73NG, sometimes the A32X, sometimes the 757 (and soon its future replacement). There is too much at stake to take a manufacturer’s claim for granted without carrying out a comprehensive analysis.

PR propaganda. Nothing new and not something either company is innocent of doing.

Both Airbus and Boeing have been happily talking down each other products or claiming their own are superior since the dawn of time. You wouldn’t really expect either to own up and admit any diiferent to be honest.

In any event Boeing might have good reason to be spooked as well:

From Flight International:

SIA defers decision to order 7e7s and will now wait for more details of Airbus’ A350 to emerge. Other airlines might follow suit

Singapore Airlines (SIA) is finalising a major 777-300ER deal with Boeing as part of its 747-400 replacement plans, but in a surprise related move has deferred a decision on ordering the 7E7 for up to a year. The delay comes as the carrier awaits more details of Airbus’s proposed rival offering, which could be designated the A350.

SIA has decided in principle to order 18 777-300ERs and take purchase rights on 13 more, say industry sources, and a deal was expected to have been finalised by now. However, Airbus A340-600 counter-proposals and issues surrounding a planned buyback by Boeing of part of SIA’s original 777-200 fleet have delayed a formal signing.

SIA has informed manufacturers that it is postponing a key decision on orders for 200- to 250-seat aircraft by up to 12 months as it has yet to develop a viable business case.

The strategic postponement represents a setback to Boeing, which like many in the industry had been expecting a 7E7 order from the airline, which has long been in need of aircraft similar in size to the Airbus A310s that it has phased out. Industry observers believe SIA’s deferral of a decision could prompt other potential 7E7 customers to delay pending deals.

http://www.flightinternational.com/fi_frameset.asp?target=fi_issue/is_biz_avi_display.asp?Code=100&txtPageSize=5