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Same with Ukraine support flights in terms of C-17 media exposure - it's been like an international C-17 shuttle bus service!
I honestly think if Boeing re-opened the C-17 they would pick up orders in no time.

The cynic in me sees this as Airbus's lead programme in return for Dassault leading SCAF... (unless Leonardo has anything to say to say about it).

I can't honestly see a market for Transall 2.0, the smaller C-27J at nearly 90 airframes is hardly busting world production records and yet over 200 CN-295s have been sold. It does seem that airliner-based fuselage airflifters do much better on the market with smaller air forces and prove better adapted to other roles. A classic wide-fuselage load lugger is only optimised to be a load lugger.

A crazy idea - but an A220 airframe in terms of payload/weight would hit smack bang in that C-160/An-178/An-12 spot on the graph above...
A high-wing layout A220 technology derivative perhaps with rear ramp?

<blockquote data-quote="Hood" data-source="post: 542052" data-attributes="member: 209">Same with Ukraine support flights in terms of C-17 media exposure - it's been like an international C-17 shuttle bus service!I honestly think if Boeing re-opened the C-17 they would pick up orders in no time.The cynic in me sees this as Airbus's lead programme in return for Dassault leading SCAF... (unless Leonardo has anything to say to say about it).I can't honestly see a market for Transall 2.0, the smaller C-27J at nearly 90 airframes is hardly busting world production records and yet over 200 CN-295s have been sold. It does seem that airliner-based fuselage airflifters do much better on the market with smaller air forces and prove better adapted to other roles. A classic wide-fuselage load lugger is only optimised to be a load lugger.A crazy idea - but an A220 airframe in terms of payload/weight would hit smack bang in that C-160/An-178/An-12 spot on the graph above...A high-wing layout A220 technology derivative perhaps with rear ramp?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hood, post: 542052, member: 209"] Same with Ukraine support flights in terms of C-17 media exposure - it's been like an international C-17 shuttle bus service! I honestly think if Boeing re-opened the C-17 they would pick up orders in no time. The cynic in me sees this as Airbus's lead programme in return for Dassault leading SCAF... (unless Leonardo has anything to say to say about it). I can't honestly see a market for Transall 2.0, the smaller C-27J at nearly 90 airframes is hardly busting world production records and yet over 200 CN-295s have been sold. It does seem that airliner-based fuselage airflifters do much better on the market with smaller air forces and prove better adapted to other roles. A classic wide-fuselage load lugger is only optimised to be a load lugger. A crazy idea - but an A220 airframe in terms of payload/weight would hit smack bang in that C-160/An-178/An-12 spot on the graph above... A high-wing layout A220 technology derivative perhaps with rear ramp? [/QUOTE]

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