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The exact same will happen when the 787s finally arrive for J*. For a period everyone will all of a sudden jump over give it a go. Well I will anyway.

[Georgie B]

Originally Posted by NickN

Personally I would choose the Emirates A380 to Auckland over other offerings just to fly the A380, price, meh, a little more than others is worth it.

I can see people who would be attracted to the A380 service.

I would love to fly an A380, yet as I am not a traveller I would do just about anything...London via wherever...just to get a BA 747.

So I am not veering well off topic, my friend recently flew V Australia to the USA. She had flown before with United and Qantas [both 747s] and found the jumbo to be the most comfortable, and the Qantas service great.

[Ash W]

Originally Posted by Lukas M

The exact same will happen when the 787s finally arrive for J*. For a period everyone will all of a sudden jump over give it a go. Well I will anyway.

I am willing to lay a bet that they won't, simply because the 787 as far as the every day punter is concerned is just another aircraft. The A380 on the other hand again as far as the every day punter concerned is something special due to it's size. Enthusasists on the other hand may well be tempted.

As for people making a choice between A380 and 744 on the same routes. At Easter this year I flex London to Sydney on Qantas and by all accounts the A380 flight was chockas in Y (which gained me an upgrade to Y+) but the 744 services were only about 60% on the same day. So I think that simple stat does show that given a choice people will (even for a short time due to novility) choose the A380 over the 744.

[Mike W]

Originally Posted by Ash W

I am willing to lay a bet that they won't, simply because the 787 as far as the every day punter is concerned is just another aircraft.

I don't know. I guess it will depend on how the craft is marketed by the Airlines and how well Boeing (and the Airlines) are able to talk up the pax benefits through the general media.

In actual fact, the 787 really has tangible features (and benefits) over existing Airliners, including the 380, such as lower cabin air pressure, higher humidity and more spacious layouts with larger windows, etc.

Personally, I would prefer feeling better after a long flight than being in a larger crowd (especially at check in, customs and baggage claim). But then, some might say I'm biased

[Owen H]

I'd disagree very strongly Andrew. There is no doubt that passengers are choosing to take the A380 flights ahead of other alternatives, be they QF, SQ or EK. The marketing surrounding the 787 will be similar, and passengers will choose it.

[NickN]

I have family members who know nothing about aircraft types, but mention the A380 and they all start talking about how amazing it is etc etc and how they'd love to try flying on it.

Everybody wants to fly the latest and greatest, it's all a part of the modern mentality.

[lloyd fox]

I agree with Owen as well.

In my experience of 30 years in Tourism,travel and aviation i can recall alot of occasions whereby after a accident with a particular aircraft type, customers would always ask not to be booked on that plane type.For eg the DC10 after a few incidents and accidents.

In the reverse i can recall Qantas advertising the A380 on their web site so that pax would actually book to fly on it.Customers are very aware of this aircraft and i can recall the outcry when some flights went unserviceable in the first few monthes.

[Ash W]

Originally Posted by Owen H

I'd disagree very strongly Andrew. There is no doubt that passengers are choosing to take the A380 flights ahead of other alternatives, be they QF, SQ or EK. The marketing surrounding the 787 will be similar, and passengers will choose it.

The 787 may well have many benifits and features but how do you market these to the public? The A380 on the other hand has the wow factor due to it's size. So I doubt there will be the same level of interest in the 787 from the general public as opposed to the A380. Indeed maybe people will be turned off the thought of flying in a plastic plane!

[D Chan]

Let's refrain from quoting the entire previous post - thank you, mod

the 787 does have some nice features up its sleeve for the marketing gurus: 1) state of the art technology, 2) interior designs and also the electronic window shades, 3) greater cabin comfort e.g. interior environment with higher humidity

I am willing to bet that pax brochure would feature the electronic window shades in the pictures etc. to distinguish the 787 from other aircraft

[Andrew M]

But will the 787 fly ?