Re: Boeing busy beating Airbus' butt off. This comes from Flug Review, a German aircraft magazine (March 2007 issue):
"Meanwhile in 2006 Airbus delivered 430 complete aircraft, which generated sales revenue of €26 billion. The second-best orders year in Airbus's history ended with new orders for 824 aircraft with a list price of $75.1 billion. But Boeing did even better: the Americans managed to find takers for a total of 1,044 aircraft, 42 up on 2005, which itself had been a record year. 729 of these were Boeing 737NG's. For the first time since 2000, Boeing has slipped back past Airbus with a 56 percent market share expressed in terms of unit sales."
Congrats on finally beating Airbus after 6 years of trailing behind. :)
"But in the competitive struggle, the high number of sales of lucrative wide-body jets weigh even more heavily. Last year Boeing pocketed orders for 157 Boeing 787's, 76 Boeing 777's, ten 767's and an impressive 72 Boeing 747's in both old and new versions, passenger and cargo, especially the latter. By contrast, Airbus sold “only” 151 wide-body aircraft, including 17 A380's, which at least more than made up for the cancellation of FedEx's ten A380F's. Airbus Chief Commercial Officer John Leahy, who moreover was heard to mention the name “Lufthansa” when listing the airlines which had placed additional orders for the A380, stressed that his A330/A340 had beaten the Boeing 777 with 119 sales. Apparently he is currently negotiating on conversion of the old A350 letters of intent to provisional agreements for the updated A350 XWB. By the end of 2007 he expects to have 200 firm orders for the A350 XWB."
Here's the really interesting bit:
"Through their programme to convert used passenger Boeing 747-400's to Boeing 747-400 Special Freighters or 747-400 Boeing Converted Freighters the Americans have made good use of the four-digit stock of jumbo jets around the world for an assault on the Airbus giant and they are flooding the market with their big, inexpensive converted freighters. They are also offering two attractive new-build types, the large-volume 777F which, despite coming with a high price tag, is very economic in operation, and the 747-8F, which has only emerged as a new-build freighter with nose door and long fuselage after many years' hesitation. This aircraft can seamlessly use the 747F infrastructure such as containers and loading ramps already available at many airlines."
Whew, thank goodness for those leftover 747s, hey? :) So Airbus is gonna concentrate on the passenger version of the A380 and will finish the freight version later. The fun is only just starting!
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Date: 2007-03-21 03:34 am (UTC)Re: Boeing busy beating Airbus' butt off.
This comes from Flug Review, a German aircraft magazine (March 2007 issue):
"Meanwhile in 2006 Airbus delivered 430 complete aircraft, which generated sales revenue of €26 billion. The second-best orders year in Airbus's history ended with new orders for 824 aircraft with a list price of $75.1 billion. But Boeing did even better: the Americans managed to find takers for a total of 1,044 aircraft, 42 up on 2005, which itself had been a record year. 729 of these were Boeing 737NG's. For the first time since 2000, Boeing has slipped back past Airbus with a 56 percent market share expressed in terms of unit sales."
Congrats on finally beating Airbus after 6 years of trailing behind. :)
"But in the competitive struggle, the high number of sales of lucrative wide-body jets weigh even more heavily. Last year Boeing pocketed orders for 157 Boeing 787's, 76 Boeing 777's, ten 767's and an impressive 72 Boeing 747's in both old and new versions, passenger and cargo, especially the latter.
By contrast, Airbus sold “only” 151 wide-body aircraft, including 17 A380's, which at least more than made up for the cancellation of FedEx's ten A380F's. Airbus Chief Commercial Officer John Leahy, who moreover was heard to mention the name “Lufthansa” when listing the airlines which had placed additional orders for the A380, stressed that his A330/A340 had beaten the Boeing 777 with 119 sales. Apparently he is currently negotiating on conversion of the old A350 letters of intent to provisional agreements for the updated A350 XWB. By the end of 2007 he expects to have 200 firm orders for the A350 XWB."
Here's the really interesting bit:
"Through their programme to convert used passenger Boeing 747-400's to Boeing 747-400 Special Freighters or 747-400 Boeing Converted Freighters the Americans have made good use of the four-digit stock of jumbo jets around the world for an assault on the Airbus giant and they are flooding the market with their big, inexpensive converted freighters. They are also offering two attractive new-build types, the large-volume 777F which, despite coming with a high price tag, is very economic in operation, and the 747-8F, which has only emerged as a new-build freighter with nose door and long fuselage after many years' hesitation. This aircraft can seamlessly use the 747F infrastructure such as containers and loading ramps already available at many airlines."
Whew, thank goodness for those leftover 747s, hey? :)
So Airbus is gonna concentrate on the passenger version of the A380 and will finish the freight version later.
The fun is only just starting!