Airbus Handed A380 Lifeline With $16B Emirates Order

Re:Airbus Handed A380 Lifeline With $16B Emirates Order by devit on Thursday January 18, 2018 @02:40PM (#16180590)

But how about routes between big cities with lots of travellers?

E.g. couldn't something like London-New York or New York-Los Angeles have enough passenger to fill A380s even for direct traffic?

Or are direct traffic numbers actually always too low even for such pairs?

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Re:Airbus Handed A380 Lifeline With $16B Emirates Order by CamTin on Thursday January 18, 2018 @03:23PM (#16181003)

I'm not in the airline business so I'm just spitballing, but I would suspect you capture more business along routes like London-LA if you have a variety of departure times throughout the day. While the total volume might make sense to fill an A380, you'd lose business to somebody with smaller planes but more scheduling options. Again, just spitballing, but I know I probably wouldn't delay or move up my departure for a few hours just to get on an A380 if there's an A320 that can get me there and leaves at a more convenient time.

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