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Do you know that the noise levels at take-off on a A380 is less than half of that of the B747-400?

and is 20% more fuel efficient per seat per km than its nearest rivals....bye bye 747 :)

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Do you know that the noise levels at take-off on a A380 is less than half of that of the B747-400?

and is 20% more fuel efficient per seat per km than its nearest rivals....bye bye 747 :)

 

comparing the A380 to the 747-4 is like comparing a hybrid car to a 80s volvo.. the 747-4 was built in the

early 80s derived from a design from the 60s!

 

The comparison here is between the 380s with the new 747-8

 

Fuel efficiency data between the A380 vs the 747-800 is still debatable...

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Correct - the B747-8 has new engines and a different wing. If the A380 is not better than a B747-400, Airbus would have failed to achieve the design objectives for the A380!

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My vote goes to the B747-8 Intercontinental.

 

For now, only Lufthansa, Korean Air and Air China have signed up for these beauties. I hope that more airlines in our part of the world acquire the B748-8I.

 

KC Sim

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My vote goes to the B747-8 Intercontinental.

 

For now, only Lufthansa, Korean Air and Air China have signed up for these beauties. I hope that more airlines in our part of the world acquire the B748-8I.

 

KC Sim

 

Hong Kong Airlines too!

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Starting today Lufthansa’s first Boeing 747-8 destination is bookable. From 1 June, Lufthansa will operate six flights per week with the “Queen of the Skies” on the Frankfurt-Washington route. Over the next few months, as four more new Jumbo jets join the fleet, the number of destinations served by the aircraft will be gradually increased. By late summer, 747-8 flights will be offered to Delhi, Bangalore, Chicago and Los Angeles.

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576636_10150772745914004_113994684003_9529231_1294090330_n.jpg Starting today Lufthansa’s first Boeing 747-8 destination is bookable. From 1 June, Lufthansa will operate six flights per week with the “Queen of the Skies” on the Frankfurt-Washington route. Over the next few months, as four more new Jumbo jets join the fleet, the number of destinations served by the aircraft will be gradually increased. By late summer, 747-8 flights will be offered to Delhi, Bangalore, Chicago and Los Angeles.

Any Malaysianwings reporter interested :D?

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Another sexy babe!

 

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Lufthansa Operates Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental’s First Commercial Flight

 

by Staff on June 1, 2012

 

Lufthansa, the launch customer for the Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental passenger jet, initiated commercial passenger service of the new 747 model on June 1, 2012.

 

The inaugural revenue flight of the Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental was between Frankfurt Airport (FRA) and Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD).

 

Flight LH416 departed Frankfurt Airport at 9:50 a.m. and was scheduled to touch down at Dulles at 12:45 p.m. local time. The return flight, LH419, was scheduled to depart Washington Dulles International Airport at 5:55 p.m., arriving in Frankfurt at 8:05 a.m. the following day, local time.

 

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Lufthansa, the launch customer for the Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental, initiated commercial passenger service of the new 747 model on June 1, 2012, with a revenue flight from Frankfurt Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport. This photograph shows the aircraft departing Frankfurt Airport on its inaugural commercial flight

 

 

Lufthansa’s newest aircraft type will initially provide service between the two cities six days a week (excluding Tuesdays), and will increase capacity on the route by 6.3 per cent. Flights are available for booking on www.lufthansa.com.

 

“The Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental is an exceptional aircraft,” said Christoph Franz, Chairman and CEO of Deutsche Lufthansa AG. “With its addition to our fleet, Lufthansa has created a product that is not only in line with our company’s commitment to innovation, technology and efficiency, but that also offers qualities and features that are sure to maximize our passengers’ in-flight experience.”

 

Franz added: “Travelers to and from Washington, D.C. are in for a memorable flight and Lufthansa looks forward to expanding our 747-8 Intercontinental service to other U.S. markets in the coming months.”

 

Lufthansa’s Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental is equipped with 362 seats in a three-class configuration (eight First Class, 92 Business Class and 262 Economy Class).

 

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Boeing delivered the first 747-8 Intercontinental for an airline to Deutsche Lufthansa AG on April 25, 2012. (The manufacturer had previously delivered a Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental as a VIP aircraft, to the Qatar Amiri Flight, on February 28, 2012.) This photograph shows Lufthansa's first 747-8I during its first flight.

 

The 747-8 Intercontinental features Lufthansa’s new Business Class cabin, which offers a unique seating arrangement in the form of a “V” whereby two neighboring seats are angled towards one another along a central axis.

 

According to Boeing, this solution enables Lufthansa to fulfill one of the main wishes expressed by customers during an extensive research process – to sit or lie facing the direction of travel, while at the same time enjoying virtually double the distance between two neighboring seats at shoulder level, which now gives Business Class passengers greater privacy and more personal space.

 

At the push of a button, the seat converts to a full-flat, horizontal sleeping surface measuring 6 feet 6 inches in length (1.98 meters). Ergonomically improved cushioning ensures a high degree of comfort in a sitting or horizontal position, and adjustable armrests provide more space in the shoulder area when lying down.

 

 

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Hong Kong (CNN) -- Few feats of engineering are synonymous with an entire industry.


But Boeing's 747 jumbo jet revolutionized air travel, adding to the glamour, romance and, most significantly, affordability of commercial flight, while simultaneously slapping it in the face by ushering in the bovine era of mass tourism.


Monumental in size, the shape of the 747 is iconic itself -- the enormous wings, four engines and that front end "hump" make it one of the world's most recognizable aircraft. To this day, the "upstairs" seating area -- reserved for a lucky few each flight -- imparts a sense of prestige and exclusivity.


Boeing has delivered more than 1,400 of the aircraft to airlines around the world -- not bad for a plane now into its fifth decade.


Since its historic debut at the Paris Air Show in 1969, the company has introduced a number of variations to the 747 family, including the 747-100, 747-200 and 747-300. The most common variety for international travelers today are versions of the 747-400.


Each new version has brought enhancements. The 747-400's most noticeable change was the addition of winglets, which Boeing describes as "wing tip extensions which reduce lift-induced drag and provide some extra lift."

 

The 747-400 is no longer being built -- production ended in 2009.


Its successor, the 747-8 Intercontinental, rolled out last year and is currently being built at a rate of two per month. Each 747-8 is made up of about 6 million parts and has a list price of $351.4 million.


Lufthansa is the only airline flying the passenger version of the 747-8. It has six in the skies serving cities such as Frankfurt, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Bangalore and New Delhi. The first was delivered in 2012, one of 19 of the aircraft the European carrier ordered, with deliveries expected to be completed in 2015.


So what's different?


No surprise that the 747-8 Intercontinental looks like a 747. Though 70% of the airplane's structural weight is brand new, it has the same iconic shape, though with some noticeable external differences.


The wings are new -- an upgrade Boeing hadn't originally intended for the new design. Gone are the winglets, replaced by raked wingtips Boeing says increase aerodynamics and, thus, fuel efficiency.

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The same design is being used on Boeing's 787 Dreamliner. Boeing says the 747-8 is approximately 14% more fuel efficient per seat than its predecessor.

The engines are new, too. There are still four, but the new design features a scallop-edged casing around each newly developed General Electric engine.


As important, though less noticeable to the typical passenger, the plane has been stretched. It's 5.6 meters (18 feet) longer than its predecessor, with a total length of 76.3 meters (250 feet). Boeing points out this makes the 747-8 about a meter longer than the Airbus A340-600 and thereby the longest commercial aircraft in the world.


The upper deck is also stretched.


"We chose this location (for additional room) because it is here that the airlines benefit the most -- both from the premium seating on both the upper and lower decks, as well as in the cargo hold," says Boeing's Joanna Pickup.


Inside, the plane still has that exhilarating new airplane smell (kind of like new car smell, but a lot more expensive), with windows and surfaces joyously free of the scratches, smudges and hair goo residue all too typical of the commercial flying experience.


When we toured it was also free of other passengers -- no screaming kids nor (sadly) smiling cabin crew manning the drinks cart.


While we can't comment on the flying experience, the Lufthansa 747-8 interior is sleek, comfortable, modern and efficient. In other words, German -- designed to get you from A to B in good shape without over the top frills.


In economy class, where seats are naturally skeletal compared with their fat cousins up front, nothing feels tacky or about to break. Or worse still, like your father-in-law has been sitting in it for 20 years.

 

This month, the airline added the 747-8 to its Hong Kong-Frankfurt route and invited CNN to tour the latest version of the classic jumbo jet.

With the plane comes Lufthansa's new business class, which will be retrofitted on the rest of the airline's fleet.


We've reeled off some of business class' features and other enhancements in the gallery above. Expect the mod cons -- fully flat seats in biz and first, video on demand, power plugs and iDevice ports and new features such as sound-insulating curtains and cool automatic window shades in first class.


On the whole, the plane feels spacious. Admittedly, this is easier to pull off when no one else is aboard, but relocating some storage area to sidewalls (not in overhead spaces) adds a lot of cabin room and makes it less likely passengers will bash their heads on compartments above in that frantic post-landing-must-touch-my-carryon-immediately moment of choreographed (and mystifying) panic.


Lufthansa can carry 386 passengers on its 747-8 in its 8-80-298 (first-business-economy) arrangement.


The upper deck is home to 32 business class seats in a 2-2 configuration -- the width of the area is roughly the same as the interior of the 737-700.


It's here and at the front of the plane that Lufthansa is aiming to attract customers in the competitive but lucrative East Asia-Europe route.


"This gives us a competitive shift. We have been here for 52 years and we know that customer expectations are high. That's why we are the first to bring the 747-8 to Hong Kong," says Andrew Bunn, Lufthansa general manager for Hong Kong, South China, Taiwan and Macau.


"It brings a unique element to our brand. From an economic point of view, it gives us more capacity and is more cost effective. For customers, they will notice and appreciate the enhancements on board.


"More than anything, it is exciting. It is a new experience. It is a new aircraft. There is certainly a 'wow' factor, not just for our customers. People all over the airport are taking pictures of the aircraft every day."


Still capturing attention, this legend of the skies is showing no signs of retirement. Rather, the 747-8 is the latest chapter in a legendary chunk of aviation history.

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Boeing to cut B747-8 production rate due to weak demand

 

EVERETT, Wash., April 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Boeing (NYSE: BA) announced that it will adjust the production rate for the 747-8 program from two airplanes to 1.75 airplanes per month because of lower market demand for large passenger and freighter airplanes.

 

Boeing will continue to monitor market conditions and their effect on production rates moving forward. The company expects long-term average growth in the air cargo market to resume in 2014, and forecasts a demand for 790 large airplanes (such as the 747-8 Intercontinental) to be delivered worldwide over the next 20 years.

 

The 747-8 family provides airlines with double-digit improvements in fuel burn, operating costs and emissions, while being 30 percent quieter and adding more capacity. To date, there are 110 orders for passenger and cargo versions of the 747-8, 46 of which have been delivered.

 

The first delivery of an airplane at the new production rate is expected in early 2014. The production rate change is not expected to have a significant financial impact.

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How I wish MH would get some...

 

 

And some B777-300ER, even Garuda orders them. Damn lol!

 

 

yea MAS should get some 77Ws and the 748! that would be so awesomee

 

Unless everyone wants MAS to be in the red again, we have to be a bit realistic and make do with what we have.

 

Besides, MAS's ULH days are very limited now,

 

What they need are actually planes that can sustain long, thin routes with good frequencies.

 

So A350 or the 787 would be good i think.

 

Also maybe the fact that the 787 are still having teething problems, that its a good thing MAS didnt order with them to replace the 772s.

 

of course we could see MAS's LH fleet to be all Airbus in the near future....

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Boeing Cuts 747 Production Again as Demand Wanes for Biggest Jet

 

Boeing Co. (BA) is slowing production of its 747-8 jumbo jet, the planemaker’s biggest model ever, for the second time this year as demand continues to dwindle for four-engine aircraft.
The new rate will be 1.5 planes a month, a pace that will be maintained through 2015, Chicago-based Boeing said yesterday in a statement. That’s a 14 percent drop from the 1.75 rate announced in April and a 25 percent decline from production at the start of 2013.
While Boeing hasn’t yet netted any new sales for the jumbo this year, it’s in “active” discussions with several customers and looking forward to a 2014 rebound in the cargo market, which could spark interest in a freighter version of the 747-8, Doug Alder, a Boeing spokesman, said in an interview. Korean Air Lines Co. agreed to buy five of the passenger version in June, though it never completed its order.
“It’s not a surprise, in fact it’s smart,” Howard Rubel, a New York-based aerospace analyst with Jefferies Inc., said in a phone interview. “It tightens up the market, doesn’t put airplanes out there that can’t be sold.”

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How I wish MH would get some...

Then they no need to convert their B747 pilot rating to Airbus. Which could cost a lot.

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Then they no need to convert their B747 pilot rating to Airbus. Which could cost a lot.

 

When the A380 was ordered, the 748 wasn't even on the drawing board.

 

To order the 748 for the 772 replacement would be suicidal.

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Boeing to cut 747-8 output starting Sept 2015 amid slow cargo market

 

Boeing Co (BA.N) said on Tuesday it will cut production of its iconic 747-8 jumbo jet to 1.3 planes per month from 1.5 per month, starting September 2015.
The decrease means Boeing will produce two fewer airplanes per year, Boeing said. The cut is being made "because the near-term recovery in the cargo market has not been as robust as expected," Boeing said.
The production slowdown is not expected to have a material financial impact, Boeing said.

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Boeing Signals Additional 747-8 Production Rate Cut

 

Boeing is cutting the 747-8 production rate to one per month in a move to sustain the program until the ongoing recovery in air cargo materializes into much anticipated new orders.
The cutback to just 12 aircraft per year comes despite signs of increasing health in the international freight market and a yet-to-be-finalized deal with cargo-operator Volga-Dnepr, announced at last week’s Paris Air Show for up to 20 aircraft. Boeing, however, says action needs to be taken now to reduce production as, the current firm-order backlog has dwindled to only 32, of which 14 are -8 Freighters, and the balance, passenger models.
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