The Press, The A380, And Washington Traffic

[Bear96]

I didn't mean to imply DC isn't "important." But I still maintain that financially and culturally, NYC is the US's equivalent of London, which makes that comparison more apt.

BTW I've spent many years of my life in the DC area. (And NY, and even some in London -- so I have a pretty good idea of what each has to offer.) But thanks for the invite.

 

[JFK777]

As an American I wish Boeing had the vision to have built the 787, the 747 replacement, the A380 would have been dead in the water. Airbus beat us and we will build 7E7's instead. I like our odds better then theirs. I wish Boeing had both but time will tell. The 747-400 is a grand airplane and it makes flying a pleasure, with all due respect to the 777 another great airplane. Certain operations require a monstor and the A380 is it.


Qantas has no choice but to go to a bigger chariot, but will the nexus of their service to North America always be LAX or the west coast? I went a Qantas event in New York a few years ago and a Qantas rep told me " 70% of our taffic is east of the Mississippi". How about a 777-200LR from Sydney to Jfk, it will happen sooner then later. Thai just anounced Bangkok-JFK, it will make their Lax service look even worse. The longer range planes will make servcie between any two points possible , But A 380 will still be a neccessary evil for certain airports. Any one on this board knows what I'm saying. Is the market big enough? What BA does is very interesting since they operate from the airport where so many of their competitors will first use. What interesting times we live in.