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THE MD-11's Last Price Tag Of 135,000,000 Dollars Was About The Time A 777 Was $140,000,000.
Infaltion, New Developments (And A Little Boeing Greed Due To The Fact This Is A MONEY MAKING MACHINE)
Brought The 777-2LR & 777-300ER To These Levels, But I Think With Discounts An Airline Can Get Basic Versions Of 200 ERs For About 160-170 Million.
You Can Bet If MDC Was Still In Business, The MD-11 Would Be About 180 Million At Least & Over 200 Million For The Proposed MD-12.
As For Fuel Consumption, The 777 Is About 10% Lower Than An Airbus 340- 5 & 6.
If They Were Such Gas Guzzlers & SOOO Expensive, Why Did American & Delta DUMP Thier MD-11s For 777s?
Airlines Are Revelling At The Performance & Operating Costs.
Airlines Are Not Making Money Overall, Because Of Low Passenger Count, Discount Airlines,
As Cheap As Second Hand MD-11s Are, 20-30% More Fuel Burn Than A 777 Or Airbus, Lack Of Spare Parts(Makes Them Costlier) & Delays Do Not Make For Economic Operations. Delays Are More Expensive Than Buying New Planes.
Don't Get Me Wrong, I Like The MD-11. It Is Unfortunate MDC Is No Longer In Business, And I Would Have LOVED To See The Would Have Been MD-12!
It's Just The Way Things Are.
Peace Out
