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Qantas To Delay Delivery of Airbus A380 Airplanes That It Has On Order
Qantas has announced it will delay the delivery of two of its Airbus A380 aircraft on order by at least four years and indicated that more delays or cancellations could happen. It announcing the decision,... (www.thefloridanewsjournal.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Looks like the original debate on capacity, what 15-20 years back, is finally working out. The A380 is too big for most markets. When all the chips fall, those who have chosen wisely, will survive. I suppose the next question might be is the 747-8I too big as well. Maybe the 787 & A350 is the right size for the emerging markets. The debates continue.
The other squawk has the better story. No to slight the OP, but the Age has better insight into it than a newspaper on the other side of the planet. Plus it's caused a lot of conclusions to be jumped to here. Case in point: how everyone went straight to the aircraft being the problem and taking us to another Airbus v. Boeing war.
Clearly the problem here is cost, plus another carrier (VOZ) encroaching on their turf especially with business passengers. Qantas wants to refocus on that portion of their product, and how it relates to their domestic service, and that is why they are delaying taking in the A380.
Clearly the problem here is cost, plus another carrier (VOZ) encroaching on their turf especially with business passengers. Qantas wants to refocus on that portion of their product, and how it relates to their domestic service, and that is why they are delaying taking in the A380.
It is certainly about cost. It has nothing to do with it being Airbus, since Qantas has a huge order for 320 NEOs. Though, perhaps Qantas fears it may not be able to fill the seats of more A380s?? What do you think?
The A380 is quickly proving to be inefficient. In a market where the number of passengers is continuing to decrease, aircraft like the A340, A350, 777, and 787 are what's going to cut it. Airbus was being foolish when they designed the A380.
The A340 doesn't even cut it in these markets. Even though I like them for certain reasons, most 4-engine jets are economically passe'.
Might there be a 747-8i order on the horizon for Qantas?
that would be amazing. make a lot of QFA B744 pilots happy