From: rcp27g@gmail.com   
      
   John Levine  wrote:   
   >> I don't think there's much of a market for those huge planes at all. One   
   >> of the new runways at Chicago O'Hare was built to land those things, paid   
   >> for entirely by taxes and surcharges on airline passengers flying on   
   >> planes that had no trouble landing on runways sized for the jet age   
   >> in the 1960s.   
   >   
   > You're right that the market for superjumbos, the A380 and B747-8, is   
   > tiny.  Neither has much of an order backlog, and for the B747 it all   
   > seems to be freighters, for which it's the only thing that can handle   
   > the largest items, and flying pleasure palaces for Asian plutocrats.   
   >   
   > One size down, though, the B777, B787, and A350 are selling great, and   
   > both are much bigger than the 1960s 707 and 727.   
      
   That's why I indicated 200+ sized. That size includes the larger 767   
   variants as well as 777 and 787, as well as A330, A340 and A350, in   
   addition to the 747 and A380.   
      
   > What all those planes have in common is two engines and a two person   
   > cockpit, which makes them much cheaper to fly than the four engine   
   > superjumbos.  The current B777 has more seats than the early 747,   
   > partly due to its greater length, partly due to higher seat density.   
   >   
   > The B737 and A320 are the size of the 707, and both of those are also   
   > selling well.   
      
   Although at the 737 and A320 size, there is competition from the likes of   
   Embraer E series and Bombardier C series.   
      
   Robin   
      
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