# World's biggest airliner completes maiden voyage **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [October 25, 2007, 7:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/worlds-biggest-airliner-completes-maiden-voyage/37583 "2007-10-25T07:46:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 12
**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 9:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/worlds-biggest-airliner-completes-maiden-voyage/37583/12 "2007-10-25T09:59:47Z")
[quote=“AWDrifter,post:11,topic:37583"”] I don’t know a lot about the airline industry. Why are bigger planes better? [/quote] [quote=“JayS,post:7,topic:37583"”] Basically they hoped for big sales because packing that huge number of people on each plane = more money per flight in overly crowded airports. [/quote] - Less costs after initial purchase per person (you maintain fewer airframes, engines, flight systems, etc) as well as reduced inventory stores of parts, specialized tools and equipment, and material. However you don’t have the flexibility of smaller aircraft like the A330/340, 757, and 777. It’s biggest drawback is also it’s size - it can’t fit on many runways right now… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/worlds-biggest-airliner-completes-maiden-voyage/37583)._