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Airbus prepares to announce termination of A380 program on February 14
Toulouse - The bad news is piling up for the Airbus's superjumbo. The European manufacturer may announce this week that it would end production of the Airbus A380. (airlinerwatch.com) 기타...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Hell yeah. The 747 needs to rule again baby. Suck the a380. Who hoo
This is one of those that I saw coming from the far distance. Yes the A380 was big, and allowed airlines to create one of a kind travel experiences. But, after the first few years the shine wore off and paying 4 to 8 X the cost of a business class seat was hard for most travelers, even though with the ability to pay it, to accept the value in it. It's why Emirates was the only real airline buying the jets, but with the lifespan of a jet expected to be 20 or so years the orders quickly disappeared. Size & Weight kept it out of a large number of airports either because of the air displacement resulting in a elongated following distance because of wake turb. But a large number of airports didn't want to put out the money to bring the A380 in. Having to reconfigure taxiways, gates, replace areas the plane would roll over with highly reinforced versions of concrete so the aircraft could maneuver without damaging the travel surfaces. Even with the reinforcements the ports that have the A380 report a faster decay to the travel surfaces due to the increased weight stress on them. A few airports revoked the landing rights of it due to the increased cost of travel surfaces. The 777X is substantially larger than the 777-4 but Boeing made accommodations so that if an airport was accepting the 777-4 they wouldn't have to do anything for the 777x. Folding wingtips, composites to keep weights in check. etc all smart moves on their part.
OMG, no, that's my favotite airplane
Now just watch the pro-Boeing Yanks gloat over this.
I haven't read all the comments.
Trying to top the Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet was a gallant but costly effort .
If Airbus was a solely owned company , like Boeing , and not backed by numerous countries
It would go down like a lead balloon, Pun intended.
Let's face it ,you can only have one Queen at a time ,ours is still alive .
Long live the Queen.
Trying to top the Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet was a gallant but costly effort .
If Airbus was a solely owned company , like Boeing , and not backed by numerous countries
It would go down like a lead balloon, Pun intended.
Let's face it ,you can only have one Queen at a time ,ours is still alive .
Long live the Queen.
Too bad. As a passenger I found this to be a very comfortable aircraft to fly in. I understand the failed economics and I agree it was never a classy as the 747,