Airbus will stop building the A380 in 2021

Re:Airbus will stop building the A380 in 2021 by princeb on Thursday February 14, 2019 @04:14AM (#19160634)

yes if you look at busiest routes you will find the top few dominated by short domestic routes less than 1000-1500 km. you run a short range plane like the a320 or the 737 and fly the route 100s of times a day. it's much cheaper than running a few a380s.

the a380s are almost only used for long range flights with 1 or 2 flights a day: sydney-dubai-heathrow, singapore-london, singapore-frankfurt-new york etc.

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Re:Airbus will stop building the A380 in 2021 by CydeWeys on Thursday February 14, 2019 @10:15AM (#19162427)

And smaller planes flying more frequently yield a better experience for the customer, too. There's more flight times to choose from, boarding doesn't take as long, and there's many more jetways available for smaller planes at airports.

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