With the A380 being scrapped so shortly into its lifetime and the new 777X, which I believe is the latest and largest commercial plane currently, do you all think that the production of the 4 engine jetliners is completely in the history books? I do enjoy flying the larger planes on the game, but landing them is an other story without the ILS feature on the planes.
I think this belongs in real world aviation
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I think airbus could make an A380 2.0 with new and efficient engines, just like Boeing did with their 777.
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Boeing and Airbus both retrofitted their 707 and DC-8’s multiple times before production of the types were cut. And the 747 continues to serve as a cargo hauler. Unfortunately, the A380 was too big and too late, and the 747 could potentially be retired by cargo airlines in 15-20 years.
So unless both Airbus and Boeing make drastic changes to their A340, 747, and A380, I could see the quad-jet era ending soon with the advent of all of these twin-engine widebodies. Retrofitting the engines and making changes on the DC-8 and 707 helped extend their lives well beyond what they would’ve been otherwise, so it is possible that quad-jets could stick around only if changes are made.
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Airbus did this to themselves. They should’ve abandoned the program when the first problem developed. Look where it got them. Unprofitability.
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Due to the current situation, no one will buy quadjets and they will use more efficent twinjets like the A350,787,777x/777-300ER.
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Personally I feel the days of the quad jets are on the verge of extinction…☹️😪
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Short answer:
Yes
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Long answer:
No
In most cases, yes, but you have exceptions such as the massive cargo haulers such as the AN-124 and AN-225, both which would require at least 4 engines.
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