Airbus won't redesign A350

CX · Post by CX » 07 Jun 2006, 16:11

Just heard from someone inside Cathay that they will wait until the final design of the A350/A370 before going any direction...

Also Cathay still has no plans (never had plans) to order any A380s at the moment, and seem to be unhappy about the delay, the guy told me 'we don't know how long the plan will be delayed until'... but i'm sure that'll change once the A380 begins its service..

no big news from cathay, they already have a huge 773ER order, probably won't order much in the near future..

David747 · Post by **David747** » 07 Jun 2006, 19:31

Cathay will wait to see how the A380 operates, along with British Airways.

smokejumper · Post by **smokejumper** » 07 Jun 2006, 22:04

I assume that Airbus will honor the prices contracted for in the A350 contracts and not ask customers to pay a higher price. I suspect that customers will demand that the A350 prices be honored (including options) even though Airbus' costs for the A370 will be higher. These higher costs are due to inflation and the A350 work that has to be scrapped.

I am sure that the A370 will be a good airplane, but I do not see how it will be better than the B787. Boeing has included all current modern advanced technologies in the 787. The biggest operational cost driver for airlines is fuel. Weight (gross and structural) is the prime influence of fuel economy. Airframe manufacturers must get the structural weight per passenger to be as low as possible. (This is one area where the B748 has it over the A380).

Unless Airbus can get the empty weight per passenger (A370) as low or lower than the B787, customers will have higher fuel costs for the plane.

I do not see any lighter lighter structural materials on the horizon than the composites that Boeing is using in the 787.

cageyjames · Post by **cageyjames** » 07 Jun 2006, 23:24

Why do you think the price would be higher? I'd assume Airbus would eat the costs and not pass them on to consumers since in this marketplace, cost does matter.

CX · Post by CX » 08 Jun 2006, 03:17

Sorry off topic again, but talked to the cathay guy again.. well i don't know how much he knows, but when I told him that SIA will receive its first A380 in December, he kinda thinks it won't happen and will be delayed further.

Back to A350/A370.
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bits44 · Post by **bits44** » 10 Jun 2006, 15:22

Anglo-Saxons???

Thats what they call them now?

http://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachric ... 549574.asp