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Older model aircraft such as the Boeing 707, Boeing 727, Boeing 737-100/-200, Boeing 747-100/SP/200/300, Airbus A300, and Airbus A310, which were first flown during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, have had higher rates of fatal accidents.
Airbus A340: Multinational 4 1991 1993 2011 377 90 (December 2024) [2] Airbus A380: Multinational 4 2005 2007 2021 251 [2] 176 (December 2024) [2] Boeing 717: United States 2 1997 1999 2006 156 98 (December 2024) Boeing 727: United States 3 1963 1964 1984 1,832 44 Boeing 747: United States 4 1969 1970 2023 1,574 [5] 410 (December 2024) Boeing ...
With Boeing marred by its own production slowdowns on both its 737 and 787 planes, Airbus is poised to gain further market share. The A321XLR is expected to be a gamechanger
This is a list of aircraft sorted by maximum takeoff weight. ... Airbus A380-800 [2] [3] [4 ... Super Boeing 747-8F: 447,700: 346.091: 3,100: 1,800: Heavy: Heavy ...
The matchup between the smaller Airbus A320 and Boeing’s 737 Max 7 and Max 8 is more even; Airbus is ahead on delivered planes but Boeing is ahead 54%-46% when the European company's order ...
The China-based airline maker has been working for well over a decade to build a challenger commercial aircraft that can shake up Boeing and Airbus’s stronghold. COMAC is still small, given that ...
Boeing's wing modifications were intended to deliver the remainder. Boeing stated that every 1% improvement in the 777-300ER's fuel burn translates into being able to fly the aircraft another 75 nmi (139 km; 86 mi) on the same load of fuel, or add ten passengers or 2,400 lb (1,100 kg) of cargo to a "load limited" flight. [126]
Airbus and Boeing have been the world's two major commercial aircraft manufacturers for generations. But supply-chain issues at both, plus Boeing's ongoing quality and production problems , may ...