Boeing 747-8I's launch customer - Lufthansa

Finally, Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental version have first customer to order it la~~

Boeing, Lufthansa Announce Order for 747-8 Intercontinental

Source from Boeing

The Lufthansa order, with a total average list-price value of $5.5 billion, is scheduled for delivery beginning in 2010.

2010年... 再睇番之前A380既新聞

Lufthansa, which ordered the world's second-largest fleet of Airbus A380 airliners behind Emirates, said it won't get its first super jumbo until the summer of 2008, rather than January of that year as expected.

Source: Bloomberg  http://en.carnoc.com/list/0/961.html

晨咁早ORDER既A380都只係早一年Deliver, 如果波音想再落airbus既面的話，做到同一年交付就好笑喇

ps: 第一架 747-8F 會於2009年交付 Cargolux

原帖由 norrislaw 於 2006-12-7 17:21 發表
晨咁早ORDER既A380都只係早一年Deliver, 如果波音想再落airbus既面的話，做到同一年交付就好笑喇

ps: 第一架 747-8F 會於2009年交付 Cargolux

Well... To be honest, its hard to compare the production time between B747-8i and A380... B747-8i is just a improved version of B747-400 with B787 technology, so they just have to fit all the new technoloy into the B747-8i and test flight... But for A380, its a completely new aircraft...
Also, capacity wise, Lufthansa really do need the capacity of A380... And its unwise for them to order purely A346 and A380... Since this will leave a big capacity gap in between the 2 types of nealry 200 seats... Which isn't a good idea for airlines as there are routes that would best to use B747-8i...

8i終於夠客..可以開工

尚且睇下8i大戰380....

我覺得8i可以將航程提高到15500-16xxx既話...會更好....

boeing!我十卜你

Well, the recent change of the 8I means that range would be decreased, due to request from major customers, but this is against Emirates interest...

And, I will be glad to see if the Boeing new products can be certified and handed over to their customers as planned, considering this is the first time Boeing use a large quantity of composite material...

As the old post was being locked, I would comment here on the topic of using more composite materials on the 8I...

My answer is...using composite material is not necessarily equal to losing weight, especially when you are using it in some parts with great loading.  In a recent test in US, usage of composite material in a part of an aircraft was being abandon, which they favor aluminium/steel instead.  It is stronger, easier to produce, and surprisingly, lighter...that part was an important part which has great loading.