Fuel Economy

[F9DXER]

How is this for fuel mileage -

3.78 liters is one gallon and 100km is about 60 SM.

Taken from ATWonline


Lufthansa believes that the 747-8, which will enter service late next year, will have almost the same fuel burn per passenger as the A380 on LH’s typical missions while the CSeries will outperform both.
“These are numbers on our load factors, on our network and in our configurations," Senior VP-Corporate Fleet Nico Buchholz told attendees at ATW’s Eco-Aviation Conference in Washington last month. He said the 747-8 will have a fuel burn of 3.51 liters per passenger per 100 km. while the A380 with Rolls-Royce engines, which LH also has ordered, will achieve a burn of 3.4 litersand the CSeries powered by the Pratt & Whitney PW1000G will burn just 3.1 liters on the same basis.


http://atwonline.com/eco-aviation/a...fuel-burn-passenger-bettering-a380-747-8-0714

 

[Polar742]

Let's wait and see until they fly one.

If they can make the economy, great! Otherwise, they are just trying to generate sales. But many planes have not made their paper targets due to development issues.

Don't get me wrong, any advance in fuel efficiency is great. The delays on the -8s have been supposedly beneficial, as the ones with the GENx engines have had some development work and increased the efficiency.

That plane is in flight test, and will be coming to a 2nd tier freight operation near you in 2Q11 (maybe).