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Boeing 747-8 vs. Airbus A380 -- the airline giantsface off Now that the Boeing 747-8 has received its FAA certification, here's a look at how it fares against its mighty rival, the Airbus A380
17 December, 2011
Top Trump: The Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental, left, and the Airbus A380.
Boeing's 747-8 Intercontinental, the latest incarnation of its era-defining passenger jet, has
received its certification from the Federal Aviation Administration. The European Aviation Safety
Agency is expected to follow suit imminently.
That means it's safe to fly and opens the way for its 36 orders to start shipping "early next year"
according to Boeing.
Als o on CNNGo: Boeing un veils th e new 747-8i (http://www.cnngo.com/explorations/life/boeing-unveils-
747-8-passenger-plane-rival-airbus-a380-842000)
It's the longest passenger plane in the world and takes on the Airbus A380 head-on. But how do
these two leviathans of the skies compare?
We present to you the Airbus 747-8 and Airbus A380 face off.
Figures are obtained from Boeing and Airbus, except where stated.
Round 1: Capacity
Boeing 747-8: 467 passengers, in a three-class
configuration
Ai rbus A380: 525 passengers, in a three-class
configuration
The Airbus is the clear winner in this round, and inspired
a rather curt reaction from Boeing deputy program
manager Elizabeth Lund to Bloomberg
(http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-13/boeing-expects-passenger-version-of-747-8-to-fly-in-early-spring-
in-u-s-.html) , "With an A380, you run the risk of not filling every seat whenever you fly."
Fightin' talk starts, the game is on.
Round 2: Length
Boeing 747-8: 76 meters
Air bus A380: 72.72 meters
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The Boeing is 3.28 meters longer than the Airbus,
officially making it the longest commercial plane in the
world right now.
Oh, that's good. Who cares how many passengers you
can carry -- anything that can be called "the world's
longest" is a winner. Boeing slugs back.
Round 3: Internal cabin w idth
Boeing 747-8: 6.1 meters
Ai rbus A380: 6.54 meters
The Intercontinental has the same cabin width
(http://www.boeing.com/commercial/747family/pf/pf_400_prod.html)as
its predecessor (the Boeing 747-400), but claims to be
able to carry 51 more passengers due to its extra length
of 18.3 feet.
However, Airbus execs have pointed out that the 747-8 has yet to pass evacuation tests.
"I am going to be taking that aircraft one day," Airbus chief operating officer J ohn Leahy told Dow
J ones (http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110216-711260.html) . "I want to be sure that you can get out of
it in an emergency."
To this, Boeing spokesman J im Proulx responded that the plane will meet all certification
standards for emergency evacuation.
Round 4: Price
Boeing 747-8: INR18,431 million
Ai rbus A380: INR21,786 million
The Airb A380-800 sells for nearly USINR3,367 million
more than the new Boeing as of J anuary this year,
depending on customization and engine.
That's not exactly small change. It means for every five
A380s you buy you could get six 747-8s.
Round 5: Cruising speed
Boeing 747-8: Typical cruise speed at Mach 0.855, top
cruise speed: Mach 0.86 (or 86 percent the speed of
sound).
Ai rbus A380: Typical cruise speed at Mach 0.85 (from
BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4990780.stm) ), top cruise
speed at Mach 0.88 (from Airliners.net (http://www.airliners.net
/aircraft-data/stats.main?id=29) )
In terms of typical speed Boeing 747-8 wins, but this is a serious slug-fest, and there's no time for
cruising. We're giving this one to Airbus.
Round 6: Range
Boeing 747-8: 8,000 nautical miles
Ai rbus A380: 8,300 nautical miles
Both planes will be able to cover long haul, trans-
continental flights such as those between New York and
Hong Kong, Los Angeles to Mumbai, and London to
Singapore.
For an interactive map on A380’s range click on Airbus.com (http://www.airbus.com/aircraftfamilies
/passengeraircraft/a380family/a380-800/performance/) . Details on 747-8's range can be found at
Boeing.com (http://www.boeing.com/commercial/747family/747-8_fact_ sheet.html) .
Round 7: Wing span
Boeing 747-8: 68.5 meters
Ai rbus A380: 79.75 meters
Airbus chews up the Boeing a few times over when it
comes to wingspan. But both are doing clever things.
The Boeing's new wing design claims to heighten
performance while lowering noise levels. Its fly-by-wire
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spoilers and outboard ailerons, pioneered by the 787 Dreamliner, can allegedly save weight.
The Airbus A380 also has a new wing design (at the time of its launch, anyway) that employs
aluminum alloys for the wing and fuselage, and composite materials for the center wing box,
which reduces the overall weight of the aircraft.
Round 8: Fuel efficiency
Boeing 747-8: 2.8 liters per seat per 100 kilometers
Ai rbus A380: 2.9 liters per passenger per 100 kilometers
(fromNat Geo (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005
/01/0118_050118_airbus_2.html))
Ooh, now we've hit a nerve. Both sides regurgitated some
rather fuzzy PR when it came to fuel efficiency, preferring
to simply say "the competition is worse" and compiling
estimates based on different underlying assumptions, especially the average flight length and the
number of passengers on board, as this Nat Geo article (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005
/01/0118_050118_airbus_2.html) explains.
But while Boeing gave us a hard figure of 2.8 liters per seat per 100 kilometers, Airbus didn't
respond, so we assigned them a figure of 2.9 liters per passenger per 100 kilometers, as stated in
the Nat Geo article.
Result
What does all this mean? For the serious competition fiends out there Airbus comes out on top,five rounds to three.
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bob •
this is so retarded and so obvious the author knows nothing about aircraft and is
obviously obsessed with Airbus. Wingspan winner would go the other way a smallerwingspan would be better since it enables the aircraft to go to more airports. Typical
cruising speed is more important then max speed in today's high price fuel world.
Good categories would be:
Fuel burn per passenger: 747-8
Max load passenger: A380
Cost per passenger: need more information
Airports that can support it: 747-8
Possibly noise? need more info CO2 burn output? 747-8 Overhead bin space per
passenger? 747-8 Minimum runway required at max weight? 747-8 you know things
that actually matter
how about just looks? the A380 looks like the retarded brother of the 747 which has
a clean eloquent look that shows a commanding presence
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Ells Talbott •
What a retarded way to compare 2 aircraft........wing span means a plane comes out
on top??? Are you serious? Gees, do a comparative article that actually means
something.....
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patel •
love u 747-8 best of boeing
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Ronald So •
lol
shouldn't a longer wing span be a disadvantage as a lot of airports in the world still
cannot support a long wing span as the A380
didn't know limited destination is an advantage
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Qiuyuan Chen •
Easy, check out the market. Money talks buddy.
Nuy987 •
The wingspan of the Airbus A380 is much bigger and longer than the wingspan of
the Boeing 747. The 747's wingspan is about 50 feet long while the A380's wingspan
is about 60 feet long and the way, because this is an airplane contest to comparethese 2 huge planes!
Nuy987 •
The Airbus A380 is bigger and has more longer range than the Boeing 747. The
Boeing 747 airplane can only carry up to 800 people onboard while the Airbus A380
airplane can carry up to 1,000 people onboard. It like saying that the Boeing 787 can
fly farther and longer than the Boeing 777. But I would love to see the Airbus A350
and the Airbus A330!
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power4things •
Uh, I think aircraft price, seat-mile costs, and maybe max range are the only things
that really matter to airlines. After a certain point, larger cabin width is actually aliability, as it increases wind resistance and fuel consumption. Wing length is NEVER
an advantage, if not needed - shorter is always better. Basically, this is the wrong
place for "whose is the biggest" or 5-1/1000's of a Mach number faster, or the other
stats that 5th-graders argue over at recess. Plus, having the most recognized
silhouette in the air, and I will submit Boeing wins, by a substantial hair.
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