[MHalblaub]

"These are raw, rough numbers, but they are certainly valid in this comparison, no?"

No.

"There is NO doubt that the A 380 F has three cargo decks vs two on the 747-8F, and the -8F has big doors and 'full frontal' loading. The 380F will certainly need more containers for 3 decks vs 2, and perhaps one and half times more 'tare' per trip! It will also take longer to load; perhaps much longer."

This is just guessing. With the same cargo you got the same containers whether you got 2 or 3 decks.

There are two doors on booth planes for the lower cargo compartments and two doors on the other decks. With the same number of containers or pallets it would be the same time but with more you will probably need more time.

I don't know in which business you are but most parcels we get are very lightly. I won't think weight is the problem with the standard cargo for parcel services. Volume is it.


Ups, no A380F at all?

[skeptoid]

No.

The comparison is NOT valid??
Again, the graphic has been posted by a Boeing executive for over ten months, and it compares a 747 (in production for 37 years), against the A380 (flying for almost two years).
What's not to trust?

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With the same cargo you got the same containers whether you got 2 or 3 decks.

Maybe it would be possible to load the same payload using the same number of containers on both 747 and 380, but in the real world, you move what the customer wants to move. Boeing claims it can move it like this if you like.
And these are supposedly each company's own figures. The Weight a minute comparison uses Boeing's numbers for the 747 and Airbus' numbers for the 380.
I'm assuming Airbus knows why the 380F carries 50% more tare to deliver 5% more payload.

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....most parcels we get are very lightly. .... Volume is it.

Agreed that more loads are cube limited rather than max weight, and I would like to see Airbus publish a comparison showing it's advantage over the 747-8F for volume optimized loads.