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The A350XWR?
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Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:48 amby Jakemaster
Saw an article in the newspaper saying that airbus announced the A350XWR, or Xtra Wide Body. WHY!? Why does airbus constantly feel that bigger is better? Can somebody PLEASE explain to me where they are going with this? I just cant seem to figure out how airbus plans to make money.....
Re: The A350XWR?
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Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:57 amby Woodlouse2002
It's to provide competition for the 787 which is wide bodied. Though it's still many years off. Barely out of the concept stage I believe.
Re: The A350XWR?
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Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:58 amby Hagar
It's A350 XWB. There's no big mystery about it. I believe they revamped the original design to compete with the 787. I suspect they took the opportunity to announce it at the Farnborough Air Show this week.
http://business.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1042872006
Re: The A350XWR?
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Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:56 amby USMC_BEANS
The XWB is just to appease customers who complained about their "narrow" fuselage on the last design.
Re: The A350XWR?
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Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:21 pmby Jakemaster
Oops, I meant to say XWB. I read another article about it saying that ist only about 5 inches wider than the 787.
Re: The A350XWR?
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Wed Jul 19, 2006 8:54 amby dcunning30
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Oops, I meant to say XWB.
Re: The A350XWR?
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Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:45 amby Woodlouse2002
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And they call it eXtra Wide Body?
Gotta love the moxie the marketing types have!
Re: The A350XWR?
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Wed Jul 19, 2006 2:58 pmby dcunning30
Whatever the reason, it's still marketing. Similar to what AMD did with how they market their processors. an AMD3200 isn't a processor that runs at 3.2Ghz, but a processor that actually runs slower, but appears to run at the same performance as the competator's processor that actually runs at 3.2Ghz.
Marketing!
Re: The A350XWR?
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Wed Jul 19, 2006 3:46 pmby Drake_TigerClaw
Its that old marketing ploy of "Throw the name out, add a zero to the model, get an X anywhere in there where it will fit and make sure to tell everyone that the origional model is great but this one is greater!" Lots of companies do it.
Re: The A350XWR?
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Wed Jul 19, 2006 4:05 pmby C
Oops, I meant to say XWB. I read another article about it saying that ist only about 5 inches wider than the 787.
It's not a 787 though. Presumably its XWB is referring to its relative size to its A330/A340 cousins...
Re: The A350XWR?
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Tue Jul 25, 2006 1:08 pmby dcunning30
I recently read that the A350 XWB will have the largest passenger windows on an airliner. I've tried looking for pics on the net and can't find any yet. Does anyone have pics of the XWB with these large windows? ....just curious.
Re: The A350XWR?
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Tue Jul 25, 2006 2:05 pmby C
I recently read that the A350 XWB will have the largest passenger windows on an airliner. I've tried looking for pics on the net and can't find any yet. Does anyone have pics of the XWB with these large windows? ....just curious.
Nice. A bit of one-upmanship... Boeing claimed the same when they introduced the 787! I wonder how big the windows will be on Boeings next offering...
Re: The A350XWR?
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Tue Jul 25, 2006 2:15 pmby dcunning30
Next, Boeing and Airbus will offer a sharkfin tail and a casino and shopping arcade on their planes! ;)
Re: The A350XWR?
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Tue Jul 25, 2006 2:22 pmby C
Next, Boeing and Airbus will offer a sharkfin tail and a casino and shopping arcade on their planes! ;)
And then issue a revised artist's impression a year later...
Re: The A350XWR?
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Tue Jul 25, 2006 5:20 pmby EirePlane
Nice. A bit of one-upmanship... Boeing claimed the same when they introduced the 787! I wonder how big the windows will be on Boeings next offering...
The Boeing 787OMFG (Overly Marketed Fuselage of Glass)