Airbus says A380 superjumbo production will end

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

18 minutes ago

European aircraft manufacturer Airbus has said it will stop making its A380 "superjumbo", the world's largest passenger aircraft.

In a statement, the firm said it would make its last deliveries of the aircraft in 2021.

The decision comes after Emirates, the largest customer of the A380, reduced its order.

The costly aircraft has struggled to compete with more efficient, smaller models.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47231504

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Source: Reuters

BUSINESS NEWS FEBRUARY 14, 2019 / 12:27 AM / UPDATED 22 MINUTES AGO

Airbus to scrap production of A380 superjumbo

Tim Hepher
3 MIN READ

TOULOUSE, France (Reuters) - Europe’s Airbus announced plans to scrap production of the A380 superjumbo on Thursday, abandoning its dream of dominating the skies with a cruiseliner for the 21st century after years of lacklustre sales.

The world’s largest airliner, with two decks of spacious cabins and room for 544 people in standard layout, was designed to challenge Boeing’s legendary 747 but failed to take hold as airlines backed a new generation of smaller, more nimble jets.

Airbus said in a statement that the last A380 would be delivered in 2021.

Confirming a shake-up first reported by Reuters, it said Emirates - the largest A380 customer - had decided to reduce its orders for the iconic superjumbo and order a total of 70 of the smaller A350 and A330neo models.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-airbus-a380/airbus-to-scrap-production-of-a380-superjumbo-idUSKCN1Q30GW

[msongs]

1. maybe boeing can scrape up some more orders for the 747 now nt

[bluevoter4life]

2. Love the iconic 747

But I dont see a market developing to keep the 4-holders afloat much longer. Especially since there are newer, more fuel efficient aircraft with two engines that do the job better than the 747s. That said, LONG LIVE THE QUEEN.

[Recursion]

6. I saw a documentary the other day on the 747 and Intermodal Container

And how unrecognizable the modern world would be without them. God save the Queen!

[Eugene]

3. Not likely. Boeing stopped making passenger 747s in 2017.

Aside from VIP transports like Air Force 1 and purpose-built freighters, the 747 is being phased out.

https://money.cnn.com/2017/07/19/news/companies/the-last-747-jumbo-jetliner/index.html

[PuppyBismark]

4. The Issue is economy of four engine airplanes

The A380 and the 747 are not fuel efficient compared to current technology wide body aircraft such as the 787 and the A350 and others from both Boeing and Airbus. Likewise, Boeing has not sold any 747 passenger aircraft for a while. They continue to sell 747F's (freighters).

Four engine aircraft just burn too much fuel vs two engine airplanes. There are versions of the 787 and A350 that can fly much further than the four engine planes. It all comes down to money.

[Recursion]

5. I rode one of those to India once

14 hours on the first leg, and all I could keep thinking was "holy shit, this is a big airplane"

[Blue_Tires]

7. 747 undefeated

[Recursion]

8. Queen of the skies! (nt)

[Maxheader]

9. There is too much

prestige noun, often attributive
pres·​tige | pre-ˈstēzh
, -ˈstēj
Definition of prestige

1 : standing or estimation in the eyes of people : weight or credit in general opinion
2 : commanding position in people's minds

in aircraft company's..Ever see the board of directors for these guys? Ex generals,
heads of state..ceos..They know nothing about aircraft..

Wichita Ks......has an airbus division..Worked there in the early 2000s...The 380 was
under development..a little work being done on the wing spar..I was on another
program, but kept hearing about mixed engineering media,, which basically is some of
the design was being done on one cad system while another area used a different one.
Bad idea..But it was delay after delay and the 380 customers were penalizing air bus
for the loss of revenue. All that and the negative market for that large an
aircraft, brought it down..

At that time boeing was just starting to release drawings on the
787..but it was eventually 2 years late..