The A380 - Why Birmingham and Los Angeles say the aircraft helps their economies grow 

Why was I not informed about this?

10years but alright!

actually the a380 is more efficient

+1chish It would appear Los Angeles has nothing to "worry about" in that regard: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Airbus_A380_orders_and_deliveries

hitssquad Sorry. My point was that every other Continent has ordered A380s except the Americas. And very surprisingly the USA. But then my personal belief is that having an A380 in a US flag carrier's colours is a step too far for the Protectionist Regime in Washington. There is clearly a demand for these aircraft IN the USA given the number of flights landing there.

The USA is to proud to buy an a380 just because it is bigger than their American made 747, they say it is to big and it is no good. Anyway their loss.

man9170 Countries don't buy airliners. Individual companies buy airliners. Individual companies that have purchased the A380 regret their mistake: reuters. com/ article/ us-airshow-britain-airbus-idUSKCN0ZS2CK "Europe's Airbus on Tuesday cut the delivery target for its A380 superjumbo to 12 a year from 2018, down from 27 in 2015 and about half what is projected for this year, to prevent *a glut of unsold planes as airlines shun the industry's behemoths*." "The move raises the possibility that Airbus could revert to losses on the double-decker jet after breaking even for the first time last year, but averts the need to start ordering parts for unsold planes: something it has pledged not to do. Parts for A380s must be ordered up to two years ahead. Airbus said it would still break even with 20 deliveries next year, but gave no specific commitment beyond that." "It is the second time that Airbus has moved to cut production of the A380, reflecting a more hard-nosed attitude to a jet hailed at its birth as a European industrial symbol."

where does it say they regret buying their a380s?

Being an airbus fanboy, i love the a380. But i do have give the 747 credit: it was a legend of its time, the queen of the skies, the aviation icon for half a century, sad to see it go though :(

+Ivan_Friends/IvanWorldLiner it's not going anywhere :) Even if Boeing won't continue with making more 747 versions, the current newest 747-8 will still be around for a very long while. Also as Air force one !

+Noah Bach-Wall yeah but i mean the orders have dropped so significantly, boeing are about to cancel production of the -400, the beauty. I have to be honest, if i owned an airline i would tak 747-8's or even -400.

I am glad that my flagcarrier will keep 747-400M the combi version. If you wanna know what airline it is. It is the launch customer of the 747-400 combi

+Noah Bach-Wall the A380 is to a failure they have started to make money and there is a increasing demand as airports like Heathrow are racing maximum capacity and so airlines need bigger planes, the a380 has so much demand that they may make a neo as Emirates themselves will order many of them, the B747-800 is probably going to stop production soon it's already as a very slow rate and there aren't many new freighter orders either the only thing keeping them going. The Airbus a380 is a whole new aircraft and is more better in many ways the B747-800 is just q improved aircraft and throws not good enough for many airlines

don't say it, don't say it...

Ivan_Friends/IvanWorldLiner boeing

oh just boeing. ok idc. i thought you were going to say that idiotic slogan

Ivan_Friends/IvanWorldLiner Forever New Frontiers

+True Gamer191x1 nope, not even close

ikr

It's North England accent and Airbus aren't gonna change the voice they are basically british

+ilovefootball31 ROBLOX yes I agree they are a European brand and so English is the main language so why not use one regardless of the accent

dude, your fucking high right ?

+Noah Bach-Wall nope, emirates is pushing airbus to make an a380neo

Ehm, foldable wings ? Yeah, sure. Enjoy your weed !

+Noah Bach-Wall nope, same size wings. They are just going to make it aerodynamic. Its not 777x's big brother

+Ivan_Friends/IvanWorldLiner ah, OK . makes a little more sense ! :)