Canonised said:Who will be proven right in the next decade?
Airbus believe that the future for air travel will be BIG planes to big cities.
Beoing believe that the future will be SMALL planes DIRECT to little places.
They have this concept when they launched the 747s and they realised that not many cities can afford building big airports. Lifestyle has also changed the way ppl travel for leisure and work and they prefer to travel direct to the destinations.sammy888 said:Airbus I think might be "more" right then Boeing. Unless they do implement what some aviation leading thinkers call free flight. At present day they have fix commercial routes which is set up as flight paths and it is getting pretty congested. I was watching some documentaries on this about how flights have to take place in specific routes as routes or air spaces are controlled by countries and plane usually fly like stack one on top of the other meaning varying altitudes along those routes. Free flight do away with that and is suppose to make it more possible to add more planes in the air be it smaller or larger planes. With Airbus's A380, the theory is to have less planes in the air but still being able to convey just as much people and meet increasing demand for the next few decades.
these are very intersting times we live in and I think the next leap to a newer way of travelling. I can't wait to take a flight on this new behemoth A380.
I know what you mean. That was why some were hoping to convert to Free Flight which is to fly direct and not go through hub routes like what we have now where we have stopovers for long distance flight. Problem is free flight is not a sound thing to do politically.,,and some say airports will lose money as flight route charges fee for using them.Canonised said:They have this concept when they launched the 747s and they realised that not many cities can afford building big airports. Lifestyle has also changed the way ppl travel for leisure and work and they prefer to travel direct to the destinations.
sammy888 said:Airbus I think might be "more" right then Boeing. Unless they do implement what some aviation leading thinkers call free flight. At present day they have fix commercial routes which is set up as flight paths and it is getting pretty congested. I was watching some documentaries on this about how flights have to take place in specific routes as routes or air spaces are controlled by countries and plane usually fly like stack one on top of the other meaning varying altitudes along those routes. Free flight do away with that and is suppose to make it more possible to add more planes in the air be it smaller or larger planes. With Airbus's A380, the theory is to have less planes in the air but still being able to convey just as much people and meet increasing demand for the next few decades.
these are very intersting times we live in and I think the next leap to a newer way of travelling. I can't wait to take a flight on this new behemoth A380.
edwinywh said:As a maintenance specialist in the aviation field.Planes are preferred to fly less frequent but with more capacity.As less maintenance will be required.Whenever a plane is flying,the air is wearing the aircraft's skin out.In long term wise,its very very bad for the aircraft.Plus,aircraft's structures and engines have lifespan.U wun wan to hit its max lifespan so fast,do u?So its advisable to maximise the capacity.
Fly less = Less maintenance! =)
Actually even though AirBus sounds correct.Canonised said:Who will be proven right in the next decade?
Airbus believe that the future for air travel will be BIG planes to big cities.
Beoing believe that the future will be SMALL planes DIRECT to little places.
ycchen said:impossible for airlines to fly less, they sure keep their aircraft as busy as possible...
so more maintenance for you :bsmilie:
jsbn said:Actually even though AirBus sounds correct.
As a traveller, I'd prefer Boeing's vision.
Never mind abt travel where, juz get me to the destination in one piece and not many pieces spread over the sea or land. ;p
ycchen said:fly more, use more, and earn more ha ha ...
just make sure they pay you more for the maintenance :bsmilie:
edwinywh said:hahahhaa...... impossible!
Nowadays,more work... more responsibility,same pay.
I'm sure everybody faces this as well.
ycchen said:go on strike, and make use of it, :bsmilie:
TMC said:neither, time to go back to seafaring.
edwinywh said:Hahaha.... its impossible!