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Re:A380 cancellations by Qantas raise new questions about th... by Someone1234 on Thursday February 07, 2019 @01:58PM (#19107471)
It is a well known fact. The 747-8 and A380 have collapsed in terms of new orders and both companies have acknowledge they lack a way forward.

To quote Boeing president of marketing Randy Tinseth:

> We don’t see significant demand for passenger 747-8s or A380s

The last major order for the 747-8 (28 aircraft) was in 2016 and 2014 for the A380 (13 aircraft). Enough to keep production alive for another few years, but after that it is unclear. And even then many of those are for cargo/freight, not people.

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Re:A380 cancellations by Qantas raise new questions about th... by mikece on Thursday February 07, 2019 @02:27PM (#19107718)
Has Boeing stopped making 747-8F (freighter)? It was my understanding that a slower build rate of 747-8F would continue. Back in 2012 Boeing touted that half of all air freight was being moved by 747s [1]; I thought it was a foregone conclusion that Airbus would make a freighter version of the A380 to exploit it's greater lift capacity.

[1] https://web.archive.org/web/20121011082258/http://www.boeing...

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Re:A380 cancellations by Qantas raise new questions about th... by protomyth on Thursday February 07, 2019 @04:56PM (#19108977)
For cargo, the 747 variants are doing ok. The A380 has some problems with being a cargo plane https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCJrg7j8Uag
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Re:A380 cancellations by Qantas raise new questions about th... by FigBug on Thursday February 07, 2019 @08:22PM (#19110488)
They have 24 open orders and are making 0.5 a month. 767 has 111 open orders for freighters and aerial refueling tankers. Both are on their last legs.
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Re:A380 cancellations by Qantas raise new questions about th... by lathiat on Thursday February 07, 2019 @10:47PM (#19111352)
Emirates ordered 20 confirmed + 16 options only last year: https://www.emirates.com/media-centre/emirates-orders-36-a38...

But it seems likely they will be the end of the line.

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