Boeing quietly pulls plug on the 747, closing era of jumbo jets

Re:Boeing quietly pulls plug on the 747, closing era of jumb... by yorwba on Thursday July 02, 2020 @07:10PM (#23719122)

iPhones being transported halfway around the world isn't? In both cases the difference in labor cost is large enough to make the flight profitable.

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Re:Boeing quietly pulls plug on the 747, closing era of jumb... by lmm on Thursday July 02, 2020 @09:50PM (#23720320)

It makes sense for there to be only one iphone production line, in the same place as all the factories that make iphone components - shipping the components around and having multiple copies of the production line would probably be more wasteful. That's not really a concern that applies to roses.

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Re:Boeing quietly pulls plug on the 747, closing era of jumb... by megablast on Thursday July 02, 2020 @08:42PM (#23719788)

Yes, since roses can be grown almost anywhere, and they are 100s of replacement for a rose.

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Re:Boeing quietly pulls plug on the 747, closing era of jumb... by JAlexoid on Thursday July 02, 2020 @09:23PM (#23720114)

In theory bananas can be grown anywhere, but I believe biology has other things to say.

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Re:Boeing quietly pulls plug on the 747, closing era of jumb... by CydeWeys on Thursday July 02, 2020 @10:58PM (#23720649)

Bananas aren't flown though. They can be grown in many places, it's just the current supply chain for them is most cost-effective.

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Re:Boeing quietly pulls plug on the 747, closing era of jumb... by Symbiote on Friday July 03, 2020 @03:23AM (#23721792)

Some bananas certainly are flown, although I don't know the proportion of the total.

They were loaded into a flight I was on from Costa Rica to Paris.

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