From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

George Sherwood wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 21:58:33 +0100, Adam wrote:
>
>> George Sherwood wrote:
>>> Delay deliveries, lose orders and raise the price?  What are
they thinking
>>> at Airbus?
>>>
>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5109146.stm
>>>
>>> Airbus has increased the sale price of its A380 superjumbo,
whose problems
>>> have triggered a management crisis at parent company EADS.
>>>
>>>
>>> George
>> Shrug. Teething troubles are common to a new design. Both the 707 & 747
>> cut things fine.
>>
>> But they're cutting down the wake turbulence distances & the freight
>> people (e.g. fedex) seem to love it.
>
> Who can love something they haven't seen yet?  I haven't read anything
> like the freight people love it.

I have.

"The A380 will play a significant role in our ongoing efforts to
expand our networks and broaden our range of services. With its ability to
provide greater network capacity with lower direct operating costs, the
A380 will facilitate even more global trade, and the ultimate beneficiaries
will be our customers, and future customers, around the world.� �

Frederick W. Smith
Chairman, president and chief executive officer FedEx Corporation"

> Of course anything that will eventually
> hall more cargo for less price is attractive to them, but with the
> limited airports available to them it won't be a mainstay.

Huh? Most of the main airfreight people operate their own airports &/or
operate specifically out of low usage low run way airports way out of town.

>  I also haven't
> seen anything about ICAO cutting down the distances for wake turbulence.

Wait till July.

> EADS is saying they have the data to do that, but I was surprised that
> recently ICAO let the distances stand as they were from the start.  How
> much has EADS stock dropped in the last few weeks?
>

Indeed. However mostly over management issues per se rather than the
airframe or it's potential market.

Adam

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