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Re:Airbus will stop building the A380 in 2021 by InTheArena on Thursday February 14, 2019 @10:35AM (#19162612)
This is incorrect - Airbus has to pay off the launch aid form governments that paid for it. The WTO later ruled this form of financing illegal, so in the last two years, Airbus has been converting it to more conventional financial structures.

see: https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/airbus-confirms-a...

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Re:Airbus will stop building the A380 in 2021 by usr1106 on Saturday February 16, 2019 @04:33PM (#19181070)
> Airbus has to pay off the launch aid form governments that paid for it.

I don't think so. The article you linked says only that they need to be in compliance with WTO rules. There is nothing about no government support at all.

According to recent media reports in Germany Airbus and its subcontractors got a 1 billion loan for developing the plane. Paying back them is coupled to the commercial success of the product. Because of the premature end of the product the companies will probably never have to pay the loans completely. Exact figures are not public yet.

https://www.handelsblatt.com/today/companies/super-loss-make...

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Re:Airbus will stop building the A380 in 2021 by InTheArena on Sunday February 17, 2019 @09:25PM (#19188223)
Not paying these loans back would break the WTO rules - hence the conversion of the RLI/RLA to conventional structures that must be paid off (and they are considerably more then 1billion).
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