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If Airbus had built and commercialized the A-380 Freighter, would it be a success or failure?
Well let’s start with the first two. Lots of lift and the ability to carry a lot of weight mean that freight companies can load it with stacks of cargo and it can still fly safely. The third point mentions weight reduction. What I mean is that unlike the A380, the 747 only has a partial upper deck. Obviously, half a deck weighs less than a whole deck. The 747’s upper deck has been extending since the 1980s/1990s, so Boeing introduced their newest freighters with a short upper deck. (flip.it) 기타...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
there was no interest in a cargo version of the A380 because there was not much thought given to make a cargo version design. The big cargo carriers would have given consideration to the cargo version except there was not ever one version to consider. In retrospect, if there had been a second design A380 that could be a legitimate cargo bird, how many might have been sold, built and flown?
sorry that airbus had to admit what many of us suspected for years- the 380 was built out of arrogance and was purposely not designed for a dual use cargo capacity, mostly out of obstinance and gallic (French) hubris. The laws of the design universe say that better ideas trump (I apologize) nearly better fantasies....
The reason they didn't build it is that there was no interest in a A380 freighter. That should answer the question of whether it would have made a difference in making the A380 a commercial success.
Again, wrong. FDX and UPS ordered A380Fs.
https://www.airbus.com/newsroom/press-releases/en/2005/01/ups-selects-a380.html
https://about.van.fedex.com/newsroom/fedex-express-first-to-take-delivery-of-airbus-a380-freighter/
Revised and pushed back delivery schedules caused them to cancel their respective orders.
https://www.airbus.com/newsroom/press-releases/en/2005/01/ups-selects-a380.html
https://about.van.fedex.com/newsroom/fedex-express-first-to-take-delivery-of-airbus-a380-freighter/
Revised and pushed back delivery schedules caused them to cancel their respective orders.
Thanks for the show of disrespect. Didn't say there were no orders for the 380F and your lack of distinction between cargo and package freight haulers is obvious. Atlas, Kalitta, et. al., the real "you call, we haul" guys didn't order it for several reasons, including the no opening nose option, and won't use them when they can get them for nothing! FEDEX and UPSCO might, but I doubt it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Airlines_Flight_102
Just a note on what cargo, not box haulers do, and when it doesn't go well.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Airlines_Flight_102
Just a note on what cargo, not box haulers do, and when it doesn't go well.
Just coincidentally, when I flew supplemental for FEDEX and UPSCO in the 80's and early 90's that's what we called them, not ticker symbols. Cheers.
Umm... FDX and UPS are their ICAO designations, not their ticker symbols. Being someone who flew for them and should have been privy to their flight plans since you accepted them at clearance delivery, you should know that.
NYSE stock exchange symbols,
http://eoddata.com/stocklist/NYSE/U.htm
look em up, FDX, UPS.
I flew supplemental. I did not work directly for either. All I saw on the freight ramps was Lear jets, Falcon 20's and the odd wanna be's and the fuelers and box vans. We filed our own flight plans Bozo and I guess I'll just go erase all those SDF, MEM entries from my log books since your insinuation that I didn't do that must be relevant.
http://eoddata.com/stocklist/NYSE/U.htm
look em up, FDX, UPS.
I flew supplemental. I did not work directly for either. All I saw on the freight ramps was Lear jets, Falcon 20's and the odd wanna be's and the fuelers and box vans. We filed our own flight plans Bozo and I guess I'll just go erase all those SDF, MEM entries from my log books since your insinuation that I didn't do that must be relevant.
ICAO code for UPS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airline_codes_(U)
Look 'em up.
ICAO code for Federal Express: FDX
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airline_codes_(F)
Look 'em up.
I guess I may also just throw away the FAA JO7110.65 while I'm at it too, because I obviously must not know what the hell I'm talking about.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airline_codes_(U)
Look 'em up.
ICAO code for Federal Express: FDX
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airline_codes_(F)
Look 'em up.
I guess I may also just throw away the FAA JO7110.65 while I'm at it too, because I obviously must not know what the hell I'm talking about.
Further codified in the FAA JO7340.2G.
https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Order/7340.2G_Bsc_dtd_1-5-17.pdf
Yeah.. I really must not know what the hell I'm talking about.
https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Order/7340.2G_Bsc_dtd_1-5-17.pdf
Yeah.. I really must not know what the hell I'm talking about.