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Posted on 04/30/2007 5:32:37 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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I suppose it’s easy to call for banning older jets when you’re an upstart airline with an average fleet age of 2 years.
So what's different about a 767-300ER built in 1988 compared to one built in 1990?
I think there are lots of WTO issues involved.
This is aimed squarely at emptying the skies over Europe of Boeing aircraft.
But they were damn glad to have them up there 60 years ago.
Buncha hypocrites
Isn’t that converted 747 that is flying parts for the Dreamliner from Europe older than this?
I’m sure our aging but wonderful fleet of B52’s will still be flying in Europe then.
They don’t like noise, do some of the old style SAC alert takeoffs where there’d be like 10 taking off in a row. Man, what a site, sound and feeling, I miss it.
But eventually every part in that plane gets rebuilt. A 1988 GE engine that has just been overhauled is going to be just cleaner than a 1990 engine that has 10,000 hours since it's last overhaul. A737-300 has similar engines to a 737-700. It's the wings that are the main difference. Also engines often get upgraded with new technology when they are overhauled.
Hey, it the engines, not the whole damn airplane anyway...
Whats funny is an environmental study done recently showed that the Toyota Prius has a BIGGER carbon footprint than a HUMMER!
The bulk of the problem with the Prius has to do with the environmental destruction that takes place in making the batteries from the raw mining to the final product in the Prius at your showroom. I also understand it is an environmentally hazardous process in making them.
Kind of like those new CFL light bulbs. Just make sure you don't drop and break one or you are looking at a $2,000 bill to clean up the hazardous waste!!!
I love EasyJet and RyanAir. I used them to fly from Edinburgh to Dublin for 10 pounds and from Dublin to Paris for 10 euro!
Isn’t it... curious... that Global Warming gives state-interventionist busybodies the justification to do what they have wanted to do all along...
Convenient, huh?
Probably not. All the Dreamlifters are going to be converted from 747-400's. The 747-400 first went into revenue service in 1989, so most 747-400's were built after 1990. The engines on the 747-400 are the same as the ones on the 767-300ER and Airbus A330.
Flown both RyanAir and EasyJet and liked both. Customer service for EasyJet was non-existent though. I also flew from Dublin to Paris and it was dirt cheap, even with the unfavorable exchange rate.
Indeed. They kneel as in prayer, roll their eyes heavenward, and petition the government to break their competitors’ knees.
Don’t airlines already have plenty of incentive to replace inefficient airplanes? If a particular 23-year-old airplane happens to be efficient enough that fuel costs are acceptable, why should it be restricted to non-EU travel?
Plus there are upgrades to both engines and airframes that can improve efficiency. CFM has a program to upgrade exiting CFM-56 engines used in 737 300-900 series and in Airbus A320 an A340 aircraft. Aviation Partners has develped blended winglets for 737-300, 400 and 500 models to improve their performance and efficiency. They are about to launch a program to make high speed blended winglets for the 767-300ER and later other 767 versions.
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