vagabond

There is a cargo slump?? Certainly not evident at NRT yesterday where there seemed to be more FedEx planes than passenger ones!

Cargo slump threatens more pain for Boeing 747-8 | Reuters

TallFlyer

Maybe if FedEx was buying 747-8s that would be good for the 747-8.

HercDriver130

Sierra ramp in Amsterdam was nearly full of cargo planes yesterday.....

The Dominican

ANA's cargo numbers are way high, up to the point that they have been using passenger 777's on freighter flights (just using the lower deck) because they don't have enough freighters to cover the demand, I don't know what these people are talking about

fr8ape

Dominican, I assume you fly for AIr JApan, do you like the job? and which contract company do you use, I was thinking of Applying?
Thanks

SVTCobra

I think the operators that ordered the -800 are getting cold feet given the cost and the extremely small difference in payload (4-6 more pallets) vs the -400. The -800 is suppose to burn 16% less fuel. I don't see an advantage for the -800 unless you pay cash for it.

Green Giant

Boeing dropped the last two digits. So it is now only the B747-8. The -8 does have a greater range with a full load verses the -400.

With the -400's being harder to find, the -8 might be attractive considering that they have a common type with the -400.

Grumble

There's a great article in the 10/31 issue of Time about the China bubble economy.... Very relevant to this discussion.

DYNASTY HVY

Here's a piece done on 10/17.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2096345-1,00.html


Ally

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thebends

This isn't as recent, but its a great video showing China's housing boom.
China's Hypergrowth Fueled By Building Giant Cities No One Lives In - The Consumerist