wheres the 777-200LR and 300-ER both of those are soon to be availiable
and wheres the 7E7? that i have a feeling will blow anything airbus can come up with out of the water.
my vote goes to boeing anyway i dont like airbus, the A340 is horribly underpowered and something tells me the A380 will end up the same and also end up a huge flop.
777's are the way to go for the foreseeable future
and its really not fair to compair the 380 to the 747 because of the huge age differance in the two, the 747 is god knows how old in its design where as the 380 is prob less than 10 years on the drawing board.

Ill go for Airbus for justa couple of reasons
1. Boeing is waisting its money making upgraded versions of already great planes (i think soon the 777 is goin to have 10 versions...)

2. Boeing does not believe that makin even bigger and more unique jets will bring in more money.

3. Their military sector may not have a bright future; they recently lost the JSF comptetions to Lockheed...
(which is getting most military contracts these days)

The resons why Airbus is doin good:

1. Their A380 will definely be a hit and passesngers would love to take a ride in one (just like the 747)

2.Airbus understands the fact that skies are getting crowded, and its doin something about it.

3.It can come up with new building materials, and incredible ways to improve curent jets and futere ones.

Ill admit im a Boeing guy myself but they havent been doin so well. Either way ill go for both.

I believe that Boeing are spending money on stupid things, like said before.  They are losing military contracts and i belive that they are a spent force in the aviation industry as we know it!  I could be wrong?

I totally agree with Fozzer, he can ride in my front seat anyday..........

There's a market for both the 747 and A380, but I think the overall wide body market will still favor the 767/7E7/777/A330/340 as time goes on.

For the cargo market, the only significant new cargo planes are 747-400F versions.  If Antonov can get its marketing act together, the -124 can make significant inroads into the heavylift cargo market.  The cargo A380  can make inroads into the 747 cargo market.

The A300 Beluga is a "special mission" cargo carrier, limited even by when it can open it's cargo hatch! It's basically a short range airplane intended to carry components from the subassembly areas to the main production facilities within Europe.

Now - If Lockheed were to market a civilianised C-5 to go after the heavy lift market, that's a different thing.



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I'm in favor of Boeing. In case everyone has forgotten, they are currently putting a totally new aircraft on the drawing board...

i'd go for airbus if they made any good bombers for  WW2.... oh looky, THEY DIDN'T!!!