Airbus Handed A380 Lifeline With $16B Emirates Order

Re:Airbus Handed A380 Lifeline With $16B Emirates Order by skgoa on Thursday January 18, 2018 @08:36AM (#16176931)

> Singapore Air returning this plane already (and there's a second as well) means that the plane simply isn't profitable (or profitable enough) for them to keep flying. Most likely whatever route this plane was used for will continue with a smaller flight that costs less to fly.

They returned a plane at the end of its lease and got a newly built one on a new lease as a replacement. They are doing the same with their 4 remaining planes that are nearing the end of their leases. They seem to be happy with the 380.

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Re:Airbus Handed A380 Lifeline With $16B Emirates Order by joelhaasnoot on Thursday January 18, 2018 @09:22AM (#16177180)

Also remember that the first few A380s had lots of issues with wiring harnesses, performance, etc and so may not be completely up to spec.

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Re:Airbus Handed A380 Lifeline With $16B Emirates Order by skgoa on Thursday January 18, 2018 @12:47PM (#16179343)

Exactly. The first 25 airframes (of which 22 were actually build to completion) have the wiring problems and were never expected to find much interest on the secondary market.

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Re:Airbus Handed A380 Lifeline With $16B Emirates Order by bdamm on Thursday January 18, 2018 @03:57PM (#16181371)

In that case, the planes will likely be parted out. Wings and tail removed and likely installed on another A380 body.

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Re:Airbus Handed A380 Lifeline With $16B Emirates Order by tallanvor on Thursday January 18, 2018 @01:47PM (#16180042)

Interesting, I haven't seen that information. Do you have a link for that? --For my own interest, not because I don't believe you.

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