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Re:Airbus will stop building the A380 in 2021 by janekm on Thursday February 14, 2019 @06:19AM (#19161080)
Asia. China's aviation industry had hockey-stick style growth since 1990, and is expected to overtake US volume by 2022 (ignoring economic peril): http://knowledge.ckgsb.edu.cn/2017/04/17/airline-industry/ch...
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Re:Airbus will stop building the A380 in 2021 by hadlock on Thursday February 14, 2019 @12:18PM (#19163656)
It seems like China uses the higher capacity 777 for point to point travel, the way the United States uses the 737.
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Re:Airbus will stop building the A380 in 2021 by billfruit on Thursday February 14, 2019 @09:55AM (#19162265)
India as well. I wonder what Boeing/Airbus thinks of domestic airline demands in these two countries.
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