The Future of A380 Super Jumbo Jet

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Covid-19 has brought catastrophe to the aviation industry. With fleets grounded and passenger numbers in free-fall, the A380 is now too big and costly to fly.

With a price tag of $445 million, the A380 is one of the most expensive and lavish airplanes ever built. It hasn't been the game changer Airbus had hoped. Last month we saw the last A380 assembled roll off the assembly line in Toulouse. Production will end at just 251 A380s produced.

I invited Airline Executives, A380 pilots, engineers and consultants to speak about their opinion on the future of the A380.

A380 production was already in sharp decline before covid. Smaller next-generation composite wide-bodies, like the Boeing 787 and the A350, offer airlines more flexibility and less risk. In just a few short months, the fortune of the A380 has changed drastically, now the A380 has become a plane that airlines don’t want to talk about it. With all the uncertainty, most airlines don’t even know if they will use the A380 in the future.

My prediction is that more than half of the A380s will not return to service. Airlines are not short of planes at the moment, they will only be using their smaller, and more efficient planes, to ride out the storm. The coronavirus will write off most A380s from the airlines balance sheets.

The A380 will always be remembered as a great whisper quiet giant, offering incredible comfort for all passengers but proving that it’s profit that really makes an airliner fly. The unforgiving coronavirus has delivered the final blow to the A380.

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