Originally Posted by
webecheck
14% at cruise. Just toured the max production line in Renton. It's essentially the same thing, just more fuel savings. If you do the math, which isn't too hard to figure out, you can see what kind of cost savings it will generate. I fly the plane, recently suffered a BOS-SFO leg, but it doesn't bother me all that much....although I do plan to bid off by the end of the year. 14% is significant enough to make the purchase I guess. I did the math and can see why.
Several months ago their was an article about the new CFM LEAP missing its fuel efficiency targets. 1-2 pct on the version for the NEO. 4-5 pct for the MAX version. They thought they would eventually recoup the 1-2 pct for the NEO, but that the smaller fan MAX version the 4-5 pct miss was unreachable.
One more reason to buy NEO's, in addition to being able to eat off a table like a human, having some semblance of hearing remaining into your 50's, and not having the unbearable humiliation of having to fly something called a Guppy for a living.