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Singapore Airlines Quietly Parks First Airbus A380
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has parked the first Airbus A380 aircraft to enter commercial service. (www.flightglobal.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
The good news is there is still plenty of parking in Mojave....
great big airplanes (A380, B747-8, B777-9X) not doing well... 787, A350 small enough to bypass big hubs - direct flights the future...
777-9X has 273 orders according to Wiki. Of course that is not official, but that many orders for a variant seems ok. We all know that the A380 and the 747 are doomed. 747 is going, A380 dying a slow, painful death.
no US airline has ordered 777-9X... most to Mid-East airlines... worrisome... hope the best for Boeing
For some odd reason, it seems most, if not all, US airlines seem to not order an aircraft unless they physically see it...where as mid-east and European airlines look at it "ohhh cool, I'll take some"...case in point the A380...if Emirates had not placed so big an order, I don't think it would have got off the ground.
Didn't know that. Good point. However, if they are ordering the 777-X, that does not bode well for the A380. At all!
absolutely... A380 is done... unfortunately so is the 747-800
Technology has left both of them behind. The 747 had a great run, it changed passenger aviation forever. The A380 should have never made it off the drawing board.
Actually the 748 is doing better, now, than the A380...the later has received no new orders and Boeing has 23 new 748 orders in both Pax and freighter configuration...the A380 is done, as Airbus never put any thot into what to do with it after, whereas Boeing knew all along that its 747 could be made a freighter, if and when needed.
Boeing has delivered the last passenger 747 on the books. There are some freighter still on order, but the 747 is on the ropes with 16 to go. The A380 still has 100 to deliver, but no one wants the used ones coming off of lease. Bad news. It could turn into a white elephant in a year or two.
Sorry but I dont take to heart what Wikipedia says..Volga-Dnepr has 20 more freighters ordered with oprions...UPS has their 14 ordered with options for 16 more..an unidentified mid-east corp has an order for 5, 2 being pax units..yes I agree both are coming to an end but the A380 has no new orders at all and of the 100 left to "deliver", approx half may not get delivered....many customers have deferred delivery on the remaining units...Airlines didn't use their heads when ordering these mammoth's...Boeing caused their own 747 demise with the 787 and triple 7's and Airbus did so with the A350
"wikipedia"...true. Only an estimate. We probably don't know all the dealings going on behind that curtain. Whatever the numbers, the reality is that both these jets are doomed by new technology.
Doomed maybe a strong word..outlived the usefulness might be better, but I think the 747 will continue on, as freighters, long after the Airbus mammoth has been parked..they are even trying to push the A380 as an ABJ or Private luxury unit...but when customers realize any airports they want to visit, if they arent A380 equipped, have to pay for any upgrades needed, kind of leaves a sour taste in the mouth (think the Saudi Prince who wanted an A380 "personal cruiser" but bought a 748 instead..lol)
I guess I should have clarified my response. Production of new units is doomed. But I agree, the 747 will probably fly for another 25 years or more as freighters and charter aircraft. I don't see the A380 going near that long.
Ah yes...sorry having 1 of those brain fart weeks...I dont see the A380 going that long either...makes you wonder why a 10 yr old craft is getting parked with speculation from the lessor of scrapping it.
White elephant comes to mind. It's a shame this happened so quickly. While it's too big for my liking, the A380 is a nice aircraft. Seems like a horrible waste.