impact of wide body jet aircraft on the aviatio industry with regard to passenger fares and travels?

Answer 1

OK, I'm narrowing down this question to some sort of test given in India.

No one thinks this kind of question up themselves, and it is always worded the same way.

Answer 2

The more passengers on an airplane, the better your cost per seat per mile. Then you have to factor in fuel costs and maintenance fees. Wide body aircraft provide passenger confort along with more space.

I laughed when Airbus was showing off the A380 with a store, a casino, a gym, sleeping rooms, showers. That is all great and such unless you plan to have your fares be that of the Concorde at $12,000 a seat. These things take up room, or should I say passenger seats. Maybe Virgin Atlantic will have a luxuary A380 for the mega rich and I'm sure there will be people that will fly upon it.

As for the rest of us poor saps, we are doomed to airplanes with 3 class configurations, over booked flights and long delays as 300-600 people board this behemoth.

The 747 was designed in the beginning to haul cargo and not passengers. Right now the 747 line is loaded with 747 freighters waiting to be built. We would build 20 freighters and maybe 1 passenger plane.

Airbus is banking on the fact that the A380 is going to be a people mover. The technology is there so it will have fuel efficient engines, composites. But they built it so big that only a few airports can handle it. And those airports have had to put up millions of dollars in order to build terminals, up date runways to accept the airplane.

Widebody aircraft are the way to go especially for passenger comfort. But they also will allow airlines to pack us in like sardines too depending on how they want their seating arrangements. Again, butts in seats make money. Showers and beds don't.

Answer 3

The impact would be upon the route popularity and distance. Most wide body jets are used for very long flights like overseas or from one end of a continent to the other. Passenger fares will very depending on time of year and fuel prices. Say a flight from Chicago to Hawaii in the winter may overbook many flights. All in all I think the new generation of wide body aircraft will soar with more routes and cheaper fares. Check out the new Boeing wide bodies!

Answer 4

the reason for wide body aircraft is a combination of passenger comfort and getting more inside to haul over a longer or same distance for increase profitability to the airlines

Answer 5

I agree with Bitsburger..., definitely sounds like general awareness question. And its been asked quite often. Must be a popular question for homework.