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How Much Did The Airbus A380 Cost?
The Airbus A380 is a plane that has sadly been rendered rather obsolete by the ongoing pandemic. However, even before COVID-19 brought the airline industry to a near standstill, the European manufacturer had already canceled its production with around 250 examples built. Nonetheless, the A380 remains a fascinating aircraft whose size draws attention wherever it goes. But how much did the ambitious superjumbo cost? (simpleflying.com) More...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
At least I can put my hand on my heart & say that I have flown the two biggies - a B747 in the mid 1970s & an A380 just over two years ago.
On the other hand, social distancing should be relatively easy on board an A380....
Great Plane sad to see it go , most of the cost went straight into the European Economy not a bad investment if you get most of the money back with jobs and infrastructure , just like the Americans with the military the money go's round and round
In 2014 flew Qantas A380 KLAX-YMML. Smoothest business class flight ever for me. Loved it.
Still the most comfortable way to fly and I would pay a premium to travel in it.
I always marvelled at it as an engineering feat that it was . But i also viewed it as an accident waiting to kill hundreds . If you watch the TV Show " May Day " . they did an episode on the near fatal event of a Qantas A-380 that had the inboard # 2 engine dis-integrate . The Flight Crew was over whelmed by alarms , flashing lights and error messages in a cascading situation . By the time , the Flt Deck Crew got a grasp of what had happened about 15 minutes had gone by . Thats , a bloody long time in aviation . I came to the conclusion that the Flt Deck is as much or more complex than the Old Space Shuttles . We did build it . But was it morally right ? Thats my thoughts on it ..........
And that was not your average crew... not even close.
Correct. Aboard the fly deck also were a Check AND a Check Check Captain.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Check_pilot