to appreciate the scale of this new plane, the current (recently destroyed) record holder for the largest cargo plane was An 225 that could hold 70m objects lengthwise. It seems that the newly proposed plane can hold > 100m objects, so that is approximately 50% increase in cargo length. The additional ability to land on packed dirt strips is also a huge plus.
I suspect that the final business model, as hinted by the last sentence in the article, may include significant revenue contribution from transporting other machineries. The recently lost An 225 had a long running operation transporting these, including another jumbo jet. Now that the An 225 is gone, there could be more market for this interesting beast of a plane.
I suspect that the final business model, as hinted by the last sentence in the article, may include significant revenue contribution from transporting other machineries. The recently lost An 225 had a long running operation transporting these, including another jumbo jet. Now that the An 225 is gone, there could be more market for this interesting beast of a plane.