From: "Mark" 


"Adam" <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the
field.near the bridge"> wrote in message news:44300bbc{at}w3....
> George Sherwood wrote:
>> On Sun, 02 Apr 2006 11:16:32 +0100, Adam wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>Nah they said all this wrt the 747.
>>>
>>>In fact they also said it wrt to 707 as it needed such long
runways & so
>>>few places had such long runways etc.
>>
>>
>> IMO, those airplanes in their time were much more revolutionary then the
>> A380 is now.  The idea and profitability of moving large numbers of
>> people is much better understood.  I think Airbus over estimated the
>> need. Time will tell.
>>
>> George
>
> I think India & China are just coming on line for mass traval.
>
> The US & Western Europe drove air travel & there's less than a billion
> of them.

Hmm, yes India more than China (in the shorter term) so I can see a market
for such a huge plane in that regard. Perhaps they'll pull it out, but
Boeing will do fine, and probably better, as well.

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