Midnight Mike
2008-04-08, 01:00 PM
08-April-2008
With passenger sales lagging for its 747-8 update of the venerable widebody, Boeing will start a new sales push this year that tries to distinguish the aircraft as belonging in a different class than the Airbus A380.
Re-engined with the General Electric GEnx-2B engines, the new airplane is to enter service first in a freighter configuration with Cargolux in late 2009, says Boeing VP Ross Bogue, general manager of the program. Boeing’s cargo sales have been strong — 79 sales to 13 airlines — but its 747-8 Intercontinental passenger version has only Lufthansa as a customer with 20 orders. Boeing also has sold five 747-8s in VIP configurations.
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/ ... 780488.xml (http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=comm&id=news/74780488.xml)
With passenger sales lagging for its 747-8 update of the venerable widebody, Boeing will start a new sales push this year that tries to distinguish the aircraft as belonging in a different class than the Airbus A380.
Re-engined with the General Electric GEnx-2B engines, the new airplane is to enter service first in a freighter configuration with Cargolux in late 2009, says Boeing VP Ross Bogue, general manager of the program. Boeing’s cargo sales have been strong — 79 sales to 13 airlines — but its 747-8 Intercontinental passenger version has only Lufthansa as a customer with 20 orders. Boeing also has sold five 747-8s in VIP configurations.
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/ ... 780488.xml (http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=comm&id=news/74780488.xml)