✈️ Travel 3h ago · Jacob Johnson

The 'Failed' Plane Airlines Now Can't Live Without: Why Passengers Actively Seek Out The Airbus A380

Simple Flying
Aviation news
View Channel →
The 'Failed' Plane Airlines Now Can't Live Without: Why Passengers Actively Seek Out The Airbus A380
Source ↗ 👁 0 💬 0
The Airbus A380 is a mathematical anomaly in the world of aerospace. On paper, the aircraft was a financial disaster for its manufacturer, representing roughly €25 billion (approx. $27.3 billion) in unrecouped development costs and ending its production run in 2021 after only 251 units were delivered. Yet, across the industry today, a strange phenomenon has taken hold of the global travel market. The very plane that Airbus could not sell is now the one that passengers refuse to let go of, forcin

Comments (0)

Sign in to join the discussion

More Like This

You can now book hotels with Uber via a new Expedia partnership, and there are some good deals
The Points Guy Articles · 3h ago
American Airlines Cuts Airbus A321XLR Order, Sells $1 Billion In Bonds For Over 30 New Planes
Simple Flying · 3h ago
AGM-183 ARRW Shown on B-1B Bomber for the First Time
The Aviationist · 3h ago
Prism’s G6 Debuts New Budget Brand in the U.S. — Studio 6 Plus
Skift · 3h ago
Investors Bet on ‘OTA 2.0’ — But Some Builders Aren’t There Yet
Skift · 4h ago
ATC Alert: United Airlines Boeing 737-800 Reportedly Hits Drone 3,000 Feet Above San Diego
Simple Flying · 4h ago