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Emirates CEO Says “The Airbus A380 Is Over”
Emirates CEO Tim Clark has said that the Airbus A380 is over. The comments came today from the boss of the world’s largest Airbus A380 customer as the industry experiences its worst crisis in history. (simpleflying.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
According to sources from the EU parlament, it will be opposite! The smaller the planes the less they will be needed! Seat distances will be changed and max occupancy will be limited per plane... So the cost per seat will skyrocket for smaller planes!
What happens if a vaccine is developed in the next year and this virus is put to bed? If we can ditch the masks and gloves, airlines will have us sitting shoulder to shoulder again. Those supers will be popular once again.
It was obsolete the day pen was put to paper. No one will ever build an aircraft like that again.
I'm sure you are correct, but what an experience, even in economy. Best international flight that I've ever flown on was on this "dinosaur". Sad but true.
they said that about the 747 and the C5, as well as the AN124 and the 777. Yet the 380 came to be, the 777 is still being produced, and the 787 came to be as well.
Sorry - but this not the end of supersized aircraft. There will be another double decker, or another super-widebody, or a longer one in our lifetimes.
Sorry - but this not the end of supersized aircraft. There will be another double decker, or another super-widebody, or a longer one in our lifetimes.
No. Airbus played the “Mine is bigger than yours” game and lost. Aircraft of the future won’t be able to be that big again because we are slowly moving toward electric power. It’s far down the road but hybrids will be first. Plus this pandemic kind of makes people think twice about cramming into a tube with 500 plus other people. The 747 was the right plane at the right time, the A380 was just a vanity project.