BBS: TELESC.NET.BR Assunto: Re: Airbus scores big De: Rug Rat Data: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 02:26:24 +0000 ----------------------------------------------------------- The 777x will be successful, For the wide body fleets Boeing has always been dependant on the foreign (and freighter market.) Mostly that has to do with geography. Though interestingly enough Japan used the 747D models to great success, due to population density. The explosion of LLCs which other countries don't have (Korea which had a duopoly with Korean Air and Asia just lost that.), so you have a much larger market internationally than domestically. The freight market has alays danced to a different tune. The 747-8s biggest hurdle was the huge available of 747-400s that could be converted into freighters cheaper than buying a -8F and still having an acceptable service life. The only thing a -BCF lacked was lose loading, and many logistics operations said, "We don't REALLY need that." Funny that you mention the 75.. Cargo operators down the road may just find themselves in the same situation of the loss of the DC-9 (717), and 757. IE finding out there really is a need for its capabilities, now that its gone. Then you had the COVID wallop on top of that which decimated the passenger numbers, which should have been good on the frieght dogs, but you had all these passenger birds that could be pressed into service as well. So I am not too worried that no domestics have bought the 777x (Except for the F), it's problem was it got walloped with the -MAX debacle and took a backseat in certification due to increased if not complete reliance on the government (bueracry), and is now caught in a certification log jam. Things seem to be moving finally with the administration getting involved, which could create problems of its own. Now that the government is sticking it neck in to expidite things, any little thing that goes wrong brings just that much more scruitiny. Rug Rat (Brent Hendricks) Blog and Forums - www.catracing.org IMAGE BBS! 3.0 - bbs.catracing.org 6400 C-Net Amiga BBS - bbs.catracing.org 6840 Ham's Over IP - 104196 --- CNet/5 * Origin: The Rat's Den BBS (1:135/250) ----------------------------------------------------------- [Voltar]