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Re:Airbus will stop building the A380 in 2021 by isostatic on Thursday February 14, 2019 @06:40AM (#19161155)
When airlines are looking to buy aircraft in 2021, they'll have a choice between A350, A380, and 77X.

Very few situations will call for a new A380.

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Re:Airbus will stop building the A380 in 2021 by Xixi on Thursday February 14, 2019 @10:09AM (#19162375)
And given A350-1000 and 777-8/9 order books, very few situations call for even these...

Most of the traffic growth is being eaten by the smaller planes that are getting quite a bit bigger: 50 regional seaters are being replaced by 100 seaters, A319/A320 are being replaced by A320/A321, etc. Meanwhile the bigger planes are getting smaller: 747 being downsized to 777-300ER, A350-900 or even 787-9.

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