Saudi’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) holds a minority stake in Boeing. Riyadh Air is owned by PIF as well. I was surprised Airbus was even considered to begin with.
Jump to postThe lockdowns and economic destruction were optional and achieved little public health benefit, at unimaginable cost. . Funny, studies and data from different states and counties around the world show that lockdowns have done MASSIVE reductions in death rate and in bringing down the R0. Those reduc...
Jump to postTo me, the current position of any country closing itself off from foreign country is unsustainable, and on the long run its only avoiding the inevitable. Of course you are expecting a vaccine. If a vaccine is not done, what would NZ do? keep closed for ever? The lockdown or border closing by itsel...
Jump to postBut I would be suspect of any vaccine that comes around this quick as much as I would like to see one. I would have more trust in a therapudic that can tamp down the life threatening effects of this virus rather than a vaccine. Even our own flu vaccines don't always work. I got type A flu this year...
Jump to postThe EC has turned into a sham, an embarrassment for democracy. It was written by "Founders" who also included Slavery and Women's Suffrage. Until we go to a straight National Vote our democracy will continue to be at risk. Better yet, you can win the presidency if you only get 22% of the ...
Jump to postDespite being a Republican, I don’t make a final decision until the debates. That said, Biden scares me. He’s a smart man, a dedicated public servant but his age and his gaffes concern me — and yes, I know Trump has had his fair share of gaffes. That said, it may also come down to — for me — who Bi...
Jump to postWhy that is remains a mystery. I can think of only 2 reasons: - It's something in the blood. Like childhood vaccines used in those countries that accidentally render this virus less harmfull. We've all been vaccinated, but different countries probably used different vaccines. It's not unlikely at a...
Jump to postIf you keep pointing out that people getting infected is a reason to keep these draconian measures moving forward, we will be going on with this for 2 years at the very least. And that's an unsustainable goal here and in any country in the world. Well, those lockdown measures provide a great benefi...
Jump to postThe "R" number is now considered to be 0.85 in Sweden; https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/Jo8nRJ/nya-coronabeskedet-r-talet-under-10-i-sverige Each infected Swedish now infects 0.85 others. The public health statistics show that Sweden's R-figure has been below 1.0 since April 21. - If ...
Jump to postI disagree. Recent antibody-studies from CA as well as a part of Italy have shown that the number of people with antibodies (= previously infected but maybe no or just mild symptoms) is between 50 and 85 times higher than the number of positive tests which if true obviously brings down the mortalit...
Jump to postIt makes no sense to divide deaths per population when it comes to a disease that not every person in that population has yet contracted. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_fatality_rate FYI it’s not deaths per million total tests, it’s only the confirmed positive tests that count. Things is, it do...
Jump to postIt makes no sense to divide deaths per population when it comes to a disease that not every person in that population has yet contracted. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_fatality_rate FYI it’s not deaths per million total tests, it’s only the confirmed positive tests that count. Things is, it do...
Jump to postI can't really see why a vaccine or effective treatment could not be developed. The more a disease upsets society, the more society will devote resources to fight it, and this is one of the most disrupting disease in human society since the invention of modern medicine. You can bet that massive inv...
Jump to postThere surely are many factors that can contribute to that 10.000 difference. Like treatments better in Stockholm than in Belgium, When it comes to to COVID, all developed countries have pretty much the same capabilities of medical treatment. No one is better the others. There is no known method of ...
Jump to postThis is an interesting view of this, we all have been fed the same thing over and over from the MSM, about panic and fear and hide under our caves. Take a look at a Senior Epidemiologist from Sweden. He seems to believe that eventually all us of will surrender and do the Swedish method, we all are ...
Jump to postThe medicine touted by Trump as a good treatment seems to have slight problem: persons treated with it have died more often than without it: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/21/malaria-drug-virginia-coronavirus-study-198590 Researchers analyzed medical records of 368 male veterans hospitalized...
Jump to postIt is very difficult to read this thread and not face palm.
Jump to postBut you can protect yourself by staying in your home if you don't feel safe. No one is proposing forcing you to leave. All we ask is that you don't impose your views on those of us who do want to go to work and go the gym to prevent other health issues. It has been shown that this virus is being sp...
Jump to postSo I suppose no one is allowed to drive a car because they just might kill someone? Or perhaps buying a hamburger is not allowed because I might die from a heart attack? There is a risk for everything we do in life, does that mean we regulate and stop people from doing millions of things? BTW, what...
Jump to postTrue, lots of people dealing with worse situations and circumstances, but its also true that those who lost their lives in WWII, and all of those wars you mentioned they lost it for our freedoms and liberties, some of which are being infringed right now. They did and what do you think they'd say to...
Jump to postInteresting how the wing does not flex as much as we see with 787
Looking good though
RyanairGuru wrote:
Generally yes, but if it is a local holiday then it stands to reason that there will be a higher proportion of UAE O&D pax.
However if the holiday was affecting loads then it would be in the direction AUH-BNE, with the winds behind them.
Republicans are clearly winning on the facts, anyone who follows the hearings can't come to a different conclusion. Unfortunately many people don't follow the hearings and only read media accounts of them, which are (unsurprisingly) so far off the truth many times that you can only come to the conc...
Jump to postGeoff1947 wrote:
The cancellation will be for 39 A380-800s.
Geoff
Just curious, why does a CEO need a green light from the chairman in order to look at other manufacturers?
Doesn’t the CEO have the authority to choose the aircraft that he or she thinks would maximize the value of shareholders regardless of the supplier?
But all the looking in the world doesn't change the business reality, which is that (a) a smaller type is going to be difficult to operate profitably and (b) it is going to add a whole lot of near-term expense, for attenuated benefit, to add another type of the same size (i.e., A320neo/A321neo). Ho...
Jump to postSeriously, what happened to the States? Those republicans are embarrassing themselves. They are like :”WE WANT A DICTATOR”.
Jump to postwilliam wrote:WOW, Boeing still made a profit for the third quarter. That in itself is amazing.
qf789 wrote:
It was mentioned a while back that first flight will be 2023 while first delivery will be in 2022 most likely q4 2022
I’ve divined these truths from conversations with knowledgeable people at United, Airbus and RR. What do you think I got wrong? You got some United guys saying A359s would replace their again 772, and you got other folks saying their executives are going around in town halls saying they don't like ...
Jump to postI swear I have repeated the 787-3 history a dozen times and the same members keep posting incorrect facts. The 787-3 did have a third of the launch orders. It would have had better trip cost up to around 2000nm. Engine maintenance was also significantly less due to the derated engines. The perfect ...
Jump to postSince it has only been a few years since the 787-3 was canceled due to having exactly zero orders, it wouldn't be a great strategic decision to launch it again now.
Jump to postJust trying to connect the dots, does this have anything to do with appointing a new chairman at Boeing? Maybe the new chairman has a different strategy of focusing on developing the NSA at this point of time instead of spending all those resources on the NMA.
Just a thought.
Regarding the A350 it appears the 10 deferred AC from the original order are canceled or were substituted with the other added 10 A339 order. On page 34 of the SEC filings below it lists 13-delivered-16 on order ( which would be the 2 -DL orders +14 -LATAM) that’s 29 AC To simply 25 DL orders+14-LA...
Jump to post[threeid][/threeid] ¿Some news.....rumours....etc......about proyect Sunrise? Qantas Could Cancel Project Sunrise Amid Pilot Dispute https://simpleflying.com/qantas-could-cancel-project-sunrise-amid-pilot-dispute/ After all the posts and threads put into this site about the project? What a shame :(
Jump to postVladex wrote:According to the capetan, Air France A350-900 delivery flight with about 250 people on board burns 6.2 tonnes for one hour .
https://youtu.be/DqmViXCyVKA?t=433
Boeing & GE because they'll have the 777-300ER and 787-10 around after the A380, and at least the GE engines have never failed EK. RR has failed them on the A380, and RR has shown grave engineering weakness or apathy WRT the T1000, to the point even the TEN version is having the SAME compressor...
Jump to postThat’s a very long delivery flight. I don’t think A359 has the range, ask DL.
Jump to postI spend a few days hastling a friend with connections at Singapore airlines. Their 787-10's are lighter than all of their A350-900's. I couldn't get any fuel burn data besides "the 787-10's burn less fuel per passenger." Two things here: 1) No one claimed that the A359 burns less per seat...
Jump to postThe 787-10NEO vs A350-900NEO will be very similar to the 777-300ER vs A340-600. More cabin area yet lower weights in both examples. A low single digit fuel burn advantage due to a lighter weight per cabin area. There's really no use in bringing in 77W vs A346 here, this comparison simply is irrelev...
Jump to postmoyangmm wrote:
Is there a reason that A350-1000 is not suitable for premium routes?
the OEW of a UA 787-10 is 300,563 lb and MZFW of 425,000 lb, that gives a maximum structural payload of 56,454 kg. The 77W ACAPS lists a maximum structural payload of 69,853 kg, a OEW of 167,829 kg, and MZFW of 237,683 kg. That’s 13398 kg higher than the 787-10. The OEW figure given by jayunited of...
Jump to postIt’s not the 787 that is in trouble, it is the 14 per month rate that is unsustainable, and that is not 787’s fault.
This rate has served its purpose during the period, and it is now time to make a change.
Another interesting fact is the 787-10 has a higher maximum payload than both the 777-300ER and the A350-900. Yeah, just no. For the A359, it could have a maximum structural payload up to 60t, as we have seen with the IB frame for example. That’s easy to see using the equation: max payload = MZFW -...
Jump to postHere is. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48710562801_871b25fa2b_b.jpg Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/aircrafts/48710562801/in/dateposted/ The bigger winglets make it look like an A320 from that angle. I was like why is that A320 huge compared to the A380 lol.
Jump to postSix months after the grounding and 20 years after the NG has been flying with two AOA sensors, EASA decides they need three? Maybe they can make a case for a slow retrofit, but this does not seem like a legitimate reason to delay the return to service. You know, industry standards tend to evolve an...
Jump to postSo I had some geek fun putting this together derived from my models. Based on the 2 aircraft we have been debating in the last few posts, 787-10 and the A359. I have put up some varying SFCs in the document, the 781 has 0.51 and 0.52 for cruise and the A359 has 0.5 and 0.51 (the A359 should have be...
Jump to postI feel that Dreadnought's statement is actually a fairly good example of brexit. Brexiteers being absolutely certain that they are the smartest guys in the room, that the other side is made up entirely of morons and then being totally clueless about very complex issues which they see as being black...
Jump to postFor me, one key takeaway was: “While our root cause assessment continues, at this time we do not expect that this will have a significant impact on aircraft design or on our overall test programme schedule". The part that stands out is that the root cause of the problem is still being investig...
Jump to postHe also wants a 99.5% reliability, I doubt he will get it on the 777X so again if we are consistent and take him at his word on the Airbus and RR criticisms, on the 777X we can assume that this means that he will delay deliveries to 2024 or 2025, when they reach 99.5% dispatch reliability. Seeing t...
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