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Type MTOW [kg] MLW [tonnes] TOR [m] LR [m] ICAO category FAA category; Antonov An-225: 640,000: 591.7: 3,500: Super: Super Scaled Composites Model 351 Stratolaunch
The 747-8F is expected to have a 16% lower ton-mile operating cost than the 747-400F and offer a slightly greater range. [130] Cargolux and Nippon Cargo Airlines were the first customers for the 747-8, placing orders for the freighter variant in November 2005. [82] The firm configuration of the aircraft was finalized in October 2006. [131]
The Boeing 747 is a long-range wide-body airliner designed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the United States between 1968 and 2023. After the introduction of the 707 in October 1958, Pan Am wanted a jet 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 times its size, to reduce its seat cost by 30%.
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British Airways' decision to immediately chop all 31 Boeing 747-400 jumbo jets from its fleet represents a sizable loss of future cargo capacity until the global economy returns to normal. But ...
11.81 tons: Highest cargo capacity land-based World War II transport Martin JRM Mars: 23 Jun 1942: Flying boat: 7: 39.04 yards (35.70 meters) 66.71 yards (61.00 meters) 73.62 tons: 14.76 tons: Heaviest until the Junkers 390, Largest serial production flying boat Latécoère 631: 4 Nov 1942: Flying boat: 11: 47.57 yards (43.50 meters) 62.77 ...
Airbus subsequently launched a full-length double-deck aircraft, the A380, a decade later while Boeing decided the project would not be commercially viable and developed the third generation 747, Boeing 747-8, instead. [49] The Airbus A380 and the Boeing 747-8 are therefore in direct competition on long-haul routes.
The Boeing 747-400 is a large, long-range wide-body airliner produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes, an advanced variant of the initial Boeing 747.The "Advanced Series 300" was announced at the September 1984 Farnborough Airshow, targeting a 10% cost reduction with more efficient engines and 1,000 nautical miles [nmi] (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) of additional range.