Re:Airbus ready to axe A380 if fails to win Emirates deal
by i386 on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @07:19PM
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Qantas are currently replacing 747s with a fleet of A380s and 777s
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Re:Airbus ready to axe A380 if fails to win Emirates deal
by stephen_g on Thursday December 28, 2017 @12:27AM
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Qantas don’t have any 777s (or any 777 orders). I think that going so hard on the A380 and never getting any 777s was one of their biggest mistakes. Now they’re doing better having cancelled their remaining A380 orders (after they got 12) and have started using the A330 on some routes with smaller demand and have finally got their first 787.
That, and their Emirates alliance have finally turned things around (they weren’t profitable internationally for several years until about two years ago).
Re:Airbus ready to axe A380 if fails to win Emirates deal
by exidy on Thursday December 28, 2017 @06:39PM
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What do you mean "started using the A330" ? It has been Qantas's go-to medium-haul airliner more than 10 years, long enough they they've all been refurbished recently with "A380 like" interiors.