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By: 31st January 2001 at 16:29 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-RE: The future of the 757
I think 757 is good airplane because it can be used both short-haul, high-load routes, for example between European capitals and on international routes which not require large airplane. And it is fuel-efficient.
Multi-role fighter of the civil aviation!
By: 31st January 2001 at 23:20 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-RE: The future of the 757
Well personally, I think that the 757 will be the 737 of it's generation. As per the previous comment by Matilainen, it is a versatile aircraft which can be used for many roles. I think that whilst not many more will be made, it's versatility will keep it in the air for many years to come. Whilst I am not an advocate of either Airbus or Boeing, it's all very well to 'knock' boeing for their so called re-hashes of old aircraft, (the 757, 737, 727 and 707 have all got the same cabin cross section too) but these are tried and tested airframe designs. Just look at how long the 737 has been in service for... Older models of 757's are being refurbished for cargo use and will fly for a long time to come... The 707 of the 21st century????
Paul.
By: 2nd February 2001 at 03:46 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-RE: The future of the 757
B-757 alive and kicking!
Not that I like or dislike B-757 but a little information on its future.
Boeing Gets Confirmed Orders for 33 757-300 Aircraft in January
Seattle, Feb. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Boeing Co., the world's biggest airplane maker, said it received 33 confirmed orders for the single-aisle 757-300 aircraft in January, bringing the total orders for the airplane to 62.
Boeing said it received orders from Continental Airlines for 15 757-300s and from Northwest Airlines for 18 of the aircraft, the company said in a statement distributed by PRNewswire.
Boeing orders may decline as much as 30 percent this year because of the weakening U.S. economy and higher fuel prices, First Union Securities analyst Sam Pearlstein said last month.
Continental will add the planes to its domestic routes. Northwest will replace its fleet of DC 10-40s with the planes, Boeing said.
By: 2nd February 2001 at 22:12 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-RE: The future of the 757
U bet V1
By: 14th February 2001 at 18:32 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-RE: The future of the 757
You can't compare it to the 767...
I haven't been on a 757 for about a while, but you can really feel the power when you're on the runway, no other plane has given me that high on lining up.
The RB211-535 has to be my favourite engine. And not just because my uncle used to work for RR, either!
By: 14th February 2001 at 21:58 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-RE: The future of the 757
I also really like the 757-200, but the -300 looks wrong. It's too long. As for a -400, what would it's market be?
I have to say that the -200 only really sold in the US, and to BA. With BA commited to smaller planes, (the A320 mainly), and most 757 operators in the US now commited to A320 family aircraft, I can't see a market. I'm not sure what the difference in capacity between the -200 and the A321 is, but it can't be a lot. So, who would buy the -400?
The -300 would have had a better market, but it was about 10-15 too late. If it had come out mid to late 80's, I suspect a lot more companies would have built a family of -200 and -300s.
I fear that's it for the 757, and, unless Boeing develop something new soon, they won't have anything that wasn't developed 30-40 years ago, bar the 777, and things could look bleak for them.
By: 15th February 2001 at 08:49 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-RE: The future of the 757
I said 'only really sold' in the US and to BA. No-one else has fleets of over 20-odd aircraft. With the possible exception of Britannia and JMC (post-merge).
Condor don't have masses of them, they don't have any -200's, they only have the dozen or so -300's. Hardly masses.
LTU are the German charter carrier who's used -200's, but since being bought by SAirGroup, I suspect they'll focus more on the A320's for short to medium haul flights, if just for comonality. They've already ditched their MD-11's for A330's.
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By: V1 - 22nd January 2001 at 18:52
It is no secret that orders for my favourite airliner, the 757, are beginning to dry up. The 757-300 has injected a few new orders into the series, but not many. Now that the Airbus A320 series seems to be very intense competition for the aircraft (especially the A321), do people think Boeing should begin designing a new medium range jet to replace the 757, or continue to re-hash old designs as they have been doing for several years?(Actually, the same can apply to the 747 and the 767 production line as well.)