[Erik Latranyi]

What niche is the 747 still able to fill? Seems like with all of the newer planes in production, one of them would render the 747 obsolete.

Shipment of large objects, like oilfield equipment. No new airframe can do this:

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“Shipment of large objects, like oilfield equipment. No new airframe can do this”

I’m surprised that a significant amount of heavy or bulky oilfield equipment would need to be shipped by air. Why the big hurry?