What is your Favorite Commercial Jetliner in the world ?

Question

Are you a Fan of Commercial Jetliners like the Boeing 747, 777, Airbus A320, A330, A340, Boeing 737, 757, 767,727, 707, DC9/MD80/MD90

Answer 1

The Swiss Air Airbus A330 is heaven!

Answer 2

Definately the Boeing 757-200, outfitted with the Rolls Royce RB211 jet engines. Here are my reasons:

Beauty. The 757-200 is a beautiful airplane that looks like it just wants to fly. Everything from the droop of the nose, to the long, slender fusalage, to the angle of the wings makes the plane look like none other.

Power. The 757, outfitted with the Rolls Royce engines, at maximum takeoff weight has a thrust to weight ratio of .34 to 1. As far as my research has gone, this is exceeded only by the 717 in a high gross weight configuration. This impressive thrust to weight ratio, combined with the design of the wing, allows the 757 to take off from hot and high airports with much less trouble than other commercial aircraft, as well as allowing it to climb at a very impressive rate.

Innovation. Along with the 767, the 757 was the first Boeing aircraft to feature EICAS (Engine Indication and Crew Alerting System), an advanced computer system that monitors systems and reports the information to the pilots via two computer screens located at the center of the instrument panel.

Answer 3

The 777

Answer 4

I belief the 777 and the 747 are the best commercial airliner flying in the world today. The best seating configuration is with Singapore Airlines and Malaysian Airlines, from comfort perspective, in my opinion.

Never the less, I also belief the A380 (though plagued with wiring issues now) will be the best in the market, once launched.

It will be interesting to watch this space once the 787 is launched. In my opinion a composite fuselage will definitely improve the noise conditions inside the cabin. As for safety is concerned, theoretically speaking, composites are pretty good in terms of strength, both dynamic and static. But, hopefully Boeing will conduct enough of aging, fatigue, vibration test et al, to mention a few. The real issues for composites are always time driven.

Answer 5

The 747

Answer 6

The best plane I've flown with is a BAe 146. It's a smaller class aircraft like the Airbus A310 or the Boeing 717. But it has a unique characteristic for its class: it has 4 engines!!!

Very comfortable plane (at list in the configuration I've flown): wide seats, lots of space for the legs and a very quite plane as well. It's also a very beautiful plane: its sleek lines, 4 engines and the wing that is located in the upper side of the fuselage make it very distinguished.

Answer 7

Well, I am emotionally attached to the 747 because, as a kid, my parents would take me to Italy on one almost every Summer. However, as far as comfort, I prefer the 767 b/c it has a 2-3-2 seating configuration, which means that if you get a window seat there is only one person you have to climb over if you have to go to the bathroom(the 747 has a congested 3-4-3 configuration). As far as which model aircraft flies the best, I would have to say the 737. It's so quiet and smooth, you'd think it runs on batteries!

Answer 8

From a pilots standpoint, I like the 777 and the A320/319. They have lots of room in the cockpit and very quite. Both easy to fly and very very nice avionics.

The 737, which I fly now, is hot in the summer, cold in the winter, slow and very loud in the cockpit.

Answer 9

MD80 MadDogs all the way! Unless you are sitting in the back without a window and only a few inches of aluminium seperating your ear from the engine... Next would be the 757!

Answer 10

The 777, especially in First!