Lufthansa orders 20 updated 747s

[Chris_F]

[quote]I'm just happy that my favorite jetliner silhouette will be seen flying for quite a few more years... maybe eventually I'll get to ride in one.

[Jakemaster]

Regarding the E-Jets, I know they are regional jets but I thought they had pretty good range?  Air Canada flys a 170 from Toronto to Houston, a good 1500 miles; according to the Embraer website the 195 gets 2100 miles.  It's not as much as the 738 or 739, but I think that Embraer could possibly make a move and base a new aircraft off of the E-Jet series; slightly larger than the current E-Jets, widening the body, lengthening the fuselage, and extending the wingspan to make it hold more people and more fuel to easily compete with the 738 and A320.

Embraer to me seems like the quiet kid in the class.  They haven't been making headlines or getting much attention, but their E-Jets are quickly becoming popular and I think its only a matter of time before they take their experience in making regional jets and business jets and move up to larger and longer range aircraft.  If they do, it actually might benefit Boeing and Airbus.  Both companies already have a lot on their slate, manufacturing the A320 series and 737 series and at the same time developing bigger aircraft.  If Embraer makes a move and essentially takes over the market covered by the 737 and A320, Airbus and Boeing can focus more on their larger aircraft.

This is all probably a pipe dream, but who knows.  Anything can happen in the aviation business.

Well, let

[chornedsnorkack]

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Regarding the E-Jets, I know they are regional jets but I thought they had pretty good range?

[C]

Boeing 1 Airbus 0

[Cough][bump]Can't help noticing that everyone's been mighty quiet about the news that Singapore Airlines have ordered another 9 A380s, as reported on the SimV frontpage, with options for another 6, and the lease of 19 A330s...


So, I take it that it's now 1-1?

Qantas also signed a firm agreement on their 8 extra A380s and 4 new A330s yesterday...