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Airbus and Emirates reach agreement on A380, sign new wide body orders – A380 production to end in 2021
Airbus has made this announcement: Following a review of its operations, and in light of developments in aircraft and engine technologies, Emirates is reducing its A380 orderbook from 162 to 123 aircraft. Emirates will take delivery of 14 further A380s over the next two years. As a consequence and given the lack of order backlog with other airlines, Airbus will cease deliveries of the A380 in 2021. Emirates has also decided to continue growing with Airbus’ newest generation, flexible wide body… (worldairlinenews.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I wonder how many airports had to make changes, or were considering changes to infrastructure to accommodate this big fish? Ground handling, air bridges, spacing, taxiway limits, etc... Granted they will be in use for many years to come, just don't see too many 'new' markets opening up. [probably not stopping by DSM or CID anytime soon] Another cool footnote in the history of aviation. I am hoping all of the airframers have taken notes regarding market forecasts, fleet projections, development strategies. I am sure EADS has taken away all sorts of useful information from the billions invested. Hopefully one piece of information was "holy crap, that was an expensive gamble..."
Dubai spent billions on a completely new terminal. If only they'd had the foresight to realize this behemoth was a white elephant from the start...
good point but it doesn't mean that they are all of a sudden going to stop using the A380..
Pretty hard to fly a small city to a few destinations.....plus you limit frequency.....
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glad they haven't fully decided about the 747 tho...
The real story here, in my mind, is how Boeing resisted the then mighty call for bigger, and, instead, acted upon its own market research and strategy.
I'm not a huge Boeing management fanboy, having to deal with similar for decades. But I have to give them a nod on this one. Airbus 0, Boeing 1