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Re:Airbus Handed A380 Lifeline With $16B Emirates Order by notahacker on Thursday January 18, 2018 @06:44AM (#16176387)
What we've witnessed over the last few months has basically been the negotiation process.

Emirates know they're the anchor customer with a strong negotiation position and so expect even bigger discounts than airlines normally get from airframers by playing hardball, and humiliating Airbus by not making the anticipated airshow order. Airbus's only counter was to look actually willing to accept the possibility of writing the whole programme off, with negative implications for Emirates' own prospects

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Re:Airbus Handed A380 Lifeline With $16B Emirates Order by walkingolof on Thursday January 18, 2018 @07:29AM (#16176574)
Or the reverse, Airbus talking allot about stopping production knowing that Emirates built their business case around the plane....
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Re:Airbus Handed A380 Lifeline With $16B Emirates Order by sho on Thursday January 18, 2018 @09:29AM (#16177235)
> Emirates built their business case around the plane

Absolutely. Emirates needed this deal just as much as Airbus. At the end of the day AB has multiple other profitable lines to fall back on, especially their cash cow 32X program. For Emirates the 380 is irreplaceable, not even by the 777-10, if it was even flying yet, which it isn't.

I have no doubt EK got a good deal but Leahy isn't stupid. He was playing hardball too.

And interestingly, it has not been specified yet whether this order is for the current model or the plus..

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Re:Airbus Handed A380 Lifeline With $16B Emirates Order by throwwwwaway9 on Thursday January 18, 2018 @07:46AM (#16176656)
+1. Parts and maintenance might have just tripled in price and awaiting time. Emirates protected their investment at a low price...plane for plane, why not get this and insure that someone will be there for the previous order's planes.
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Re:Airbus Handed A380 Lifeline With $16B Emirates Order by MR4D on Thursday January 18, 2018 @08:47AM (#16176972)
Parts and maintenance are negotiated as part of the purchase.

For an airline not to do so would be economic suicide.

Also has the side benefit of locking in gradual prices increases for the manufacturer.

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Re:Airbus Handed A380 Lifeline With $16B Emirates Order by notahacker on Thursday January 18, 2018 @09:09AM (#16177088)
Emirates does its own A380 heavy maintenance, but yeah, they'll have guaranteed the parts supplies
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