Sabtu, 02 Agustus 2008

The Contest of Finding The New Ruler of the Sky

In this modern world, traveling as soon as possible from one place to another has always been the major priority. That's why there are so many airliners in the world. No wonder, the world of aviation has a major effect on today's world transportation. Without airliners, you can easily imagine that traveling from Asia, for example : Jakarta, to Europe, for example : Munich, will take months. But things are very different now. Traveling from Jakarta to Munich, for example, would only take about 18-20 hours. This length of time will be much shorter if you use a non-stopping flight.
Boeing, which is based in the USA, and Airbus, which is based in Toulouse, France have provided more than 80% of today's modern airliners. Boeing, which is famous for its 7-series jets could be said as the conqueror of the sky with thousands of its jets are spread around the 6 continents. Airbus, meanwhile, is a company which is much younger. But, globalization has changed dramatically everything in the world and Airbus, even though it is still much younger than Boeing, has gained a major reputation in the world of aviation and with its A3-series, an age is no longer a problem.
We've seen a lot of planes and what I'm going to talk about is the contest of finding a new jumbo and also the ruler of the sky after the 747 -400. Airbus, with its credibility has developed the A380. A380 is not only the biggest jumbo jet ever, but also the heaviest. This was the biggest issue because to build a jet like this it would take hundreds of millions of dollars. Not to mention the difficulties the company of making the parts of the plane. But, somehow they managed to do it. Now, the airline which will use the biggest number of A380 is Singapore Airlines. With its destinations which are spread around the 6 continents no wonder they need this kind of plane.
Some people did say that A380 wouldn't be successful because this was a plane that had never been built before. Well, I do think that they're just undeniably wrong. A380 has been built in a major number and is now the new conqueror of the sky with its capacity of more than 500 people. Boeing 747, meanwhile, can only carry around 400 people so it's much lesser than the capacity of the A380. A380, has truly defeated the 747-400 not only by the capacity, but the luxury it can provide for the passengers. Emirates, an airliner which is based in Dubai, UAE, has a dream to make the A380 a palace in the sky. I did see some of the plans because I did read in the website about their plan. I couldn't say anything because my jaws were just dropped because of my amazement. It's so wonderful and luxurious! Fits perfectly with the conditions in Dubai. A380 definitely has a bright future in the world of aviation and enough said, it's the greatest.
Well, talking about the future of aviation world, I still don't know what is going to happen but as everybody says, you can always hope for a better future. The signs are clear and the indications do exist. Future is guaranteed to be much greater and much more luxurious for the aviation industry.

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Excellent, Kevin. Keep writing