The First Airbus A380’s Are Now Being Scrapped
Only about ten years old too.
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OT: I guess things aren't so rosey at Airbus either these days...
May 07, 2019
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A380 is going away. I was surprised at the engine cost: For the time being, the valuable engines of the A380s are being leased to makers Rolls Royce for an estimated $480,000 a month per aircraft, with a sale expected in 2020 according to Flight Global.
If you eliminate the seats and force people to stand, you can get the same number of passengers in an A-320.
You might need to hire some plane packers though.
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The first class passengers would be moved to the cargo compartment where they could sit on their luggage.
Yup, it kicked ass against a 747 but the 777 gives the airline a 25% advantage per seat mile. That all gets worse if there are empty seats.
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