What an extraordinary use of resources for such a short timeframe of use. Not just the aircraft themselves, but all the runway upgrades and other airport infrastructure that was required.
This plane is way too heavy to haul cargo. They found out what the industry already knew. It will never be profitable trying to haul cargo. It was never designed with hauling cargo in mind, like the 747. Boeing designed the 747 with the open nose conversion in mind for it's after life as a passenger liner. The A-380 can not be converted in such a way. It must remain with two limited decks and is far too heavy to make hauling cargo a profitable option.
@@fposmith The 747 from the start was based on a military cargo plane design from the early to mid 1960’s. Boeing took this design and made it into a passenger plane. The 380 was always designed as a passenger plane and the canceled 380 freighter was always an after thought. Correct the economics just don’t work for cargo
@@thetransponder7186 Very true... the 747 was very ahead of its time but the a380 is cutting edge tech even in todays standards. Comfort wise, the a380 is one the most comfortable aircraft around not to mention how quiet it is but we must respect the 747 the first wide-body aircraft and was made 36 years before the a380.
Would be ideal for premiun class on long hauls flights, but this is probably a very narrow market. The one who decide keep them flying will have tons of spares.
The A380 was designed for an expected high-occupancy, hub-and-spoke international market. With the exception of Emirates, well positioned between Asia and Europe, that market failed to develop. Instead, the arrival of efficient, long-range, twin-engine, mid-sized aircraft led to direct city-to-city flights. Given these two choices: 1. Delhi-to-Singapore with a transfer to Singapore-to-Amsterdam followed by a transfer to Amsterdam-to-Munich or 2. A direct Delhi-to-Munich flight Consumers prefer the latter. It might not fly as often, but the time and trouble saved by a direct flight is appealing.
It's just a sign for me that I'm getting old. I remember the news about the cable problems in 2005 like it was yesterday. I've seen the 727 and 707 fly and also the Tu154. What a loud ass bird
Sad to see every single A380 that is being retired or planning to be retired. Currently saddest is Qatar Airways as its beautiful and elegant A380 cabin will be missed. Even though its first class is not enclosed with privacy, the design and quality of the cabin is so elegant.
I had one A380 flight and one 747-8 flight. Both airplanes were comfortable and pleasant in their business class sections. I hate to see them go away..
@@AGMTB. I just graduated from college so I just started making money. Ive flown domestically pretty much everywhere, but never out of the country. No need to travel internationally for work, so it’s pretty hard to justify paying for a $1500 plane ticket just to ride on an A380. Maybe they’ll hang around long enough for me to be able to afford jt
Hopefully, some of these retiring A380s can be transferred to aviation museums around the world. I doubt I will ever get the chance to fly in one, but it'd be great to see the sheer size, the interior, and the cockpit.
Glad to see that British Airways seem to have a future for now. I know that their in storage but I’ve heard from a friend who’s partner works for BA, saying that they have a future on certain routes once demand is reached.
The Company I used to work for made major landing gear components for all the civil AIRBUS Fleet with me and my day mate producing them, and we both made the flying prototype A380 parts until a new twin pallet CNC machining Centre was purchased to run the bigger A380 parts, So IS Sad news AIRBUS have scrapped there flying porotypes.. History was made with the A380 and proud to have been a part of the supply chain to provide for it. Our Company ceased production In early 2003 but carried on for 6 months until a new company could be brought up to speed and gained full accreditation for the continuance of parts manufacture...Ian - UK.
The best airplane ever designed for the sky. More spacious then any other airplane in the world. It is soooooooo sad to see then go down in just 2 decades...
Had a friend that used to live in Lake Worth, FL who loves aviation like I do and often when I visited we used to drive down to Miami Intl, KMIA and watch the A380 land on runway 9. You could see way down to the end of the runway from the viewing area and when it parked the tail was so far above anything parked even close. Good job as usual sir. Take care and God bless.
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There has got to be some creative way to repurpose these for cargo or military, like delivering toilet paper by airdrop:). But I think it deserved phasing out of pax service, and seemed to be a vanity project from the beginning rather than a wise reading of the market.
Two words, Fuel Burn , this aircraft was specified by Singapore Air to give them 500+ capacity in the early 90's , and at that time it made sense . In the same way the 747 made sense in the late 60's for international flights , but at the end of the day it was a bigger Airbus 340 in the meantime,the Boeing 777 took the large capacity market as its capacity was close it used less fuel and could land and deplane at most international airports ,something the 380 could not due to its size . To this day a 380 cannot service Chicago O'Hare Airport as the terminals are not big enough to deplane passengers. This meant that its size and weight limited where it could operate , and its fuel consumption being a significant factor of dictating the size of the aircraft limited where it could operate .
I saw an A380 awaiting the scrapper at Knock Airport, Co. Mayo, Ireland in March. It was ex Air France and I think it was the one which you said left the fleet at the end of 2019. It is very sad to see those marvels of engineering being scrapped decades before their time. At least many 747s will be converted to freighters so we will get to see them for decades yet. The 747 was a lovely plane to travel on.
I got to fly the AF A380 from Johannisburg to Paris. Common route, major travel-time, and it was not nearly full. Yeah, the writing was no the wall years ago.
It was an amazing plane, but if the A-380 had a fault, that would be rather profound lack of foresight by the architects and engineers that designed and constructed it. In other words, it was built for one use. Why the Boeing 747 has been flying for half a century was that company had the foresight to design and develop the plane so it could have a variety of roles. From a passenger plane, to a cargo hauler, to being a tanker used to fight fires, to actually being used to haul the NASA space shuttle. This is reason why the A-380 in all likelihood won't survive. And that's a damn shame.
I'm sure they were scrapped because they were due a "D" heavy maintenance check. You know the type of check where the whole interior comes out to inspect the fuselage, then you replace the interior with new seats, carpets, better screens etc. Huge undertaking, airline ran the numbers and it made no sense to dump $8 million into an aircraft that was hard to fill and maybe just breaking even before the pandemic.
Glad I had the opportunity to fly one one once. AF from LAX to CDG just over a year ago. To be honest, business class on that aircraft was a disappointment compared to my return flight on an AF 777. I never understood the love for the 747 either. Impressive looking outside does not always equal the best experience inside.
Unfortunately no one, or even Emirates, could make them work properly, and they have been a weeping sore to the finances ever since introduction. The future is clearly twin engine aircraft.
In retrospect it seems like a bad idea to build a large, unusually heavy aircraft with 4 engines that requires retrofitting gates to carry people and can't be used to carry cargo.
Their fleets are young because it is not about being profitable it is about raising awareness and having a positive view on The UAE, so when all of their stuff is new people think that the UAE is really nice
Apparently the "teething problems" the British "aerospace industry" built into those "minor cracks" in the "wing feet" couldn't be "sorted" without "upgrading" the whole "structure" from "A to Zed".
Is it just me, or should the a380s be the converted into a flying hospital/ICU unit? With everything that's gone on this past year, plus disasters like an earthquake or the Beirut explosion, having a moving hospital would be an enormous asset to provide aid quickly
There is a fundamental difference between this and the 747: the latter was originally designed as a cargo plane, and is now easily changed into a cargo plane where the entire front section opens up for trucks to drive inside and place cargo in there. Not so the A380s. The cant be converted into a cargo planes, period. the structure cannot survive cutting the front off and turning it into a big hatch door. 747s are natural for that.
I’ve never flown on an A380 and now it looks as if I never will. I hear that the engines have dropped in price by half. It’s a pity that those engines can’t be used in other aircraft (can they?).
Indeed, sad reality of the demise of the quad engine passenger jet. I had the privilege of enjoying multiple long haul flights on both the 747 and A380. Johannesburg to London and London to LAX route and will miss my next long haul flight not being on one of these two engineering and aviation masterpieces. Same fate with the Airbus A340 quad jet ~ flew SAA Johannesburg to Perth return this year March on this aircraft and most enjoyable. Probably the last time to experience the A340.
I'm wondering if some of these planes could be converted to a military application. Thinking of an A380 MRTT, though I would expect the issue to be a lack of customers (US will stick with the C-5 and other NATO allies have no need for such a large aircraft). Maybe India?
If it does not have roll-on-roll-off capability it is of very limited use as a military cargo carrier. Unfortunately for the A380 it cannot be retrofitted with Ro-Ro capability since it is a full double-deck aircraft. The 747 on the other hand has that capability since it was designed from the beginning as a cargo aircraft. The A380 can carry a lot of beans and bullets but so can lots of other airplanes. The A380 can't carry a tank or an armored personnel carrier.
I have only flown twice on the A380 but thought they were the best flights ever taken, I have a A380 flight booked in March 2021 Dubai to Manchester, really hope this happens as I guess it will be my last chance, maybe I will try and upgrade to Business class. Sorry to see any of them scrapped. This is a very sad time for air travel. RIP A38.
Once again, another beautiful piece of technological advancement gone from the skies WAY too soon. I hope one of these days they will get to fly again and that other companies like emirates see the benefits of her.
I didn't think that the 380 was very old? Can't they repurpose them to do more than just passanger flight? Like switch one plane between passanger and commercial flight? Like hockey rinks get changed from hockey to other entertainment
What you trying to say is it was largely a vanity project the business case was never really there for it. The estimate for the volume it would sell were wildly inflated.
I've seen these planes in Auckland New Zealand. I can't honestly understand why they would fly there for a profit. Why is not profitable on the major routes , like for example , London to NY, that is what it was designed for. Never mind covid.
Out of all the long haul flights I’ve flown, the ones with the A380 have been the most comfortable and enjoyable. Sad to see the back of it.
Absolutely true.
Very sad indeed. I never got chance to ride this plane
It breaks my heart to see a perfectly good airplane with a lot of life left in it be turned into scrap.
The 747 and the A380 are my favorite (I like them both equally)it's sad to see them go.
@@arnulfonapoleonhernandez-g1995 The 747 will be with us for many years to come !
What an extraordinary use of resources for such a short timeframe of use. Not just the aircraft themselves, but all the runway upgrades and other airport infrastructure that was required.
Update: HiFly has announced retirement of their A380
Please see the description of this video. - TB
@Aviation Brussels That was announced sometime last week
It's when the lease is up in January they will return it.
This plane is way too heavy to haul cargo. They found out what the industry already knew. It will never be profitable trying to haul cargo. It was never designed with hauling cargo in mind, like the 747. Boeing designed the 747 with the open nose conversion in mind for it's after life as a passenger liner. The A-380 can not be converted in such a way. It must remain with two limited decks and is far too heavy to make hauling cargo a profitable option.
@@fposmith The 747 from the start was based on a military cargo plane design from the early to mid 1960’s. Boeing took this design and made it into a passenger plane. The 380 was always designed as a passenger plane and the canceled 380 freighter was always an after thought. Correct the economics just don’t work for cargo
As a resident of UAE, I feel very sad to see Emirates retire A380s, my dad flew on them from UAE to Singapore...
R.I.P the legendary A380. A short but good life
Great life..
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@Jackson Disher history wise. The a380 will never touch the 747. In comfortand prestige the a380 wins.
Legendary? More like legendary failure
@@thetransponder7186 Very true... the 747 was very ahead of its time but the a380 is cutting edge tech even in todays standards.
Comfort wise, the a380 is one the most comfortable aircraft around not to mention how quiet it is but we must respect the 747 the first wide-body aircraft and was made 36 years before the a380.
In summer 2018 I flew in a A380 from CDG to SFO, and the return was with a B-777. And I'm feeling really lucky to have been able to experience it.
Sad to see an aviation marvel disappear but Emirates was the only one who realised its benefits
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Would be ideal for premiun class on long hauls flights, but this is probably a very narrow market. The one who decide keep them flying will have tons of spares.
The A380 was designed for an expected high-occupancy, hub-and-spoke international market. With the exception of Emirates, well positioned between Asia and Europe, that market failed to develop. Instead, the arrival of efficient, long-range, twin-engine, mid-sized aircraft led to direct city-to-city flights.
Given these two choices:
1. Delhi-to-Singapore with a transfer to Singapore-to-Amsterdam followed by a transfer to Amsterdam-to-Munich or
2. A direct Delhi-to-Munich flight
Consumers prefer the latter. It might not fly as often, but the time and trouble saved by a direct flight is appealing.
Emirates is the only one who could afford it
Yes
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It's just a sign for me that I'm getting old. I remember the news about the cable problems in 2005 like it was yesterday. I've seen the 727 and 707 fly and also the Tu154. What a loud ass bird
Sad to see such a marvel be retired.
Saddened to see them go!
Sad to see every single A380 that is being retired or planning to be retired. Currently saddest is Qatar Airways as its beautiful and elegant A380 cabin will be missed. Even though its first class is not enclosed with privacy, the design and quality of the cabin is so elegant.
That was a great ride. I only rode it twice darn it.
I had one A380 flight and one 747-8 flight. Both airplanes were comfortable and pleasant in their business class sections. I hate to see them go away..
The A380 is a nice comfortable plane to do a long haul. Awesome. The best.
Never gonna get to ride a 747 or a380 and it bums me out
I feel your pain😞
I must tell you its awesome
You still have many years to try if you fly with Emirates. I have flown 4 round trips on the a380 so far and hope to do many more!
Lobo hog same :(
@@AGMTB. I just graduated from college so I just started making money. Ive flown domestically pretty much everywhere, but never out of the country. No need to travel internationally for work, so it’s pretty hard to justify paying for a $1500 plane ticket just to ride on an A380. Maybe they’ll hang around long enough for me to be able to afford jt
You forgot to mention that HiFly is about to retire their lone A380
Please see the description of this video. - TB
@@SimpleFlyingNews oops lol
It may not go to Lisbon, but it's not going away.
Hopefully, some of these retiring A380s can be transferred to aviation museums around the world. I doubt I will ever get the chance to fly in one, but it'd be great to see the sheer size, the interior, and the cockpit.
I enjoyed my flights on the Air France A380 from SFO to CDG.
I don't want any of them to be retired. They are a fantastic plane for the customer. One of my favorites to fly on.
Fond memories of Emirates A380 flew biz class fm Kuala Lumpur to Dubai... Best flying experience I had so far.
Good seen enough of good 747s being scrapped. .I am sad to see the 747s leave the skies .
Glad to see that British Airways seem to have a future for now. I know that their in storage but I’ve heard from a friend who’s partner works for BA, saying that they have a future on certain routes once demand is reached.
The Company I used to work for made major landing gear components for all the civil AIRBUS Fleet with me and my day mate producing them, and we both made the flying prototype A380 parts until a new twin pallet CNC machining Centre was purchased to run the bigger A380 parts, So IS Sad news AIRBUS have scrapped there flying porotypes.. History was made with the A380 and proud to have been a part of the supply chain to provide for it. Our Company ceased production In early 2003 but carried on for 6 months until a new company could be brought up to speed and gained full accreditation for the continuance of parts manufacture...Ian - UK.
The best airplane ever designed for the sky. More spacious then any other airplane in the world. It is soooooooo sad to see then go down in just 2 decades...
Had a friend that used to live in Lake Worth, FL who loves aviation like I do and often when I visited we used to drive down to Miami Intl, KMIA and watch the A380 land on runway 9. You could see way down to the end of the runway from the viewing area and when it parked the tail was so far above anything parked even close. Good job as usual sir. Take care and God bless.
I’m glad I own tiny pieces of 9V-SKA and 9V-SKB
Every single one of them. I have flown on them on Singapore Airlines and Qantas.
Boeing and 747s: Having a revenge on Airbus and A380s.
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There has got to be some creative way to repurpose these for cargo or military, like delivering toilet paper by airdrop:). But I think it deserved phasing out of pax service, and seemed to be a vanity project from the beginning rather than a wise reading of the market.
Next time I crack open a beer I will wonder if it was once an A380
I get the thumbnail now with that thunderstorm behind that A380
I just hope that one, just one is saved for future generations to marvel at.
I have already flown on 2 A380s but will maximise future use before the type eventually fades out. Absoluely gutted to see them go.
What the heck? I thought they were brand freaking new airplanes?
REALLY, REALLY SAD TO SEE THIS FANTASTIC AND BEAUTIFUL PLANE BEING RETIRED. WILL ALWAYS MISS THIS BEAUTY.
Two words, Fuel Burn , this aircraft was specified by Singapore Air to give them 500+ capacity in the early 90's , and at that time it made sense . In the same way the 747 made sense in the late 60's for international flights , but at the end of the day it was a bigger Airbus 340 in the meantime,the Boeing 777 took the large capacity market as its capacity was close it used less fuel and could land and deplane at most international airports ,something the 380 could not due to its size . To this day a 380 cannot service Chicago O'Hare Airport as the terminals are not big enough to deplane passengers. This meant that its size and weight limited where it could operate , and its fuel consumption being a significant factor of dictating the size of the aircraft limited where it could operate .
I saw an A380 awaiting the scrapper at Knock Airport, Co. Mayo, Ireland in March. It was ex Air France and I think it was the one which you said left the fleet at the end of 2019. It is very sad to see those marvels of engineering being scrapped decades before their time. At least many 747s will be converted to freighters so we will get to see them for decades yet. The 747 was a lovely plane to travel on.
It was the most comfortable and the quietest plane I ever flew on. So sad to see it go like this.
Fine. Time to build an rc A380
So sad. Never flown on a380 but I hope to with Emirates. I am glad that I have spotted 7 a380 operators
I never flown on a A-380 before hopefully someday I will.
I got to fly the AF A380 from Johannisburg to Paris.
Common route, major travel-time, and it was not nearly full.
Yeah, the writing was no the wall years ago.
It was an amazing plane, but if the A-380 had a fault, that would be rather profound lack of foresight by the architects and engineers that designed and constructed it. In other words, it was built for one use. Why the Boeing 747 has been flying for half a century was that company had the foresight to design and develop the plane so it could have a variety of roles. From a passenger plane, to a cargo hauler, to being a tanker used to fight fires, to actually being used to haul the NASA space shuttle. This is reason why the A-380 in all likelihood won't survive. And that's a damn shame.
Most of the A380's scrapped were *VERY* early production planes that had a lot of non-standard parts. The Singapore Airlines A380's were that way.
I'm sure they were scrapped because they were due a "D" heavy maintenance check. You know the type of check where the whole interior comes out to inspect the fuselage, then you replace the interior with new seats, carpets, better screens etc. Huge undertaking, airline ran the numbers and it made no sense to dump $8 million into an aircraft that was hard to fill and maybe just breaking even before the pandemic.
Why are most airlines retiring a380s This is just so sad!.
Glad I had the opportunity to fly one one once. AF from LAX to CDG just over a year ago. To be honest, business class on that aircraft was a disappointment compared to my return flight on an AF 777. I never understood the love for the 747 either. Impressive looking outside does not always equal the best experience inside.
It’s so sad to see the number rising every month...
Singapore airlines as I take Singapore airlines very often
A380 was one of my favourite
Now looks like If I want to take A380. I got to fly Emirates
The King of the Skies.
No.... hell no it's the fat uncle
@@yoyoyoyoshua You mean the Dreamlifter?
@@sapede no, A380 aint the king.
Malaysia and Thai airways are planning permanent retirement for their A380, although it has yet to be confirmed or announced
Sad I'll probably never get to fly on one of these :/
Unfortunately no one, or even Emirates, could make them work properly, and they have been a weeping sore to the finances ever since introduction. The future is clearly twin engine aircraft.
In retrospect it seems like a bad idea to build a large, unusually heavy aircraft with 4 engines that requires retrofitting gates to carry people and can't be used to carry cargo.
Singapore Airline A380 (9V-SKA) because it is the first A380 delivered.
Emirates: retires a380
Also Emirates: gets new a380
........................................................why are their fleets so dam young
Their fleets are young because it is not about being profitable it is about raising awareness and having a positive view on The UAE, so when all of their stuff is new people think that the UAE is really nice
Air France: Retires A380
The world😮
the best part is Malaysia and Thai Airway which are almost bankrupt aren't retiring their fleet of A380s...
How sad a380 short but amazing
I'm more concerned of whether I'll be able to fly in one before all of them become soda cans😢
I hope the parts of the scrapped plane might be put to use for anything. Examples include making tables, benches, and other stuff.
When the A380 retires, the planes that will continue the A380 legacy are the A330 and the A350.
Air France didn’t keep the A380 because British Airways was keeping them. Like they did with Concorde.
Apparently the "teething problems" the British "aerospace industry" built into those "minor cracks" in the "wing feet" couldn't be "sorted" without "upgrading" the whole "structure" from "A to Zed".
My favourite is the 787 but I admit the A380 is steadier in the air.
Is it just me, or should the a380s be the converted into a flying hospital/ICU unit? With everything that's gone on this past year, plus disasters like an earthquake or the Beirut explosion, having a moving hospital would be an enormous asset to provide aid quickly
Atleast the a380 of Lufthansa has some stored
Sad year for Quad jets 😑
Ffs... another type I probably will never fly... first my beloved DC10/MD11 and now A380... sadge
There is a fundamental difference between this and the 747: the latter was originally designed as a cargo plane, and is now easily changed into a cargo plane where the entire front section opens up for trucks to drive inside and place cargo in there. Not so the A380s. The cant be converted into a cargo planes, period. the structure cannot survive cutting the front off and turning it into a big hatch door. 747s are natural for that.
A380 is doomed due to the shift in aviation travel trend, Rona only sped up the inevitable.
Pride over Business sense has caused this debacle.
I just love the Etihad A380
I thought AIR FRANCE was the first airline to retire their a380 aircraft
I’ve never flown on an A380 and now it looks as if I never will. I hear that the engines have dropped in price by half. It’s a pity that those engines can’t be used in other aircraft (can they?).
Singapore Airlines just retired seven more A380. Maybe it could be the ones stored in Alice springs Australia
Considering they were the a distant 2nd largest operator with 19, now they are tied with Qantas and BA who’ve also got 12 each
Indeed, sad reality of the demise of the quad engine passenger jet. I had the privilege of enjoying multiple long haul flights on both the 747 and A380. Johannesburg to London and London to LAX route and will miss my next long haul flight not being on one of these two engineering and aviation masterpieces. Same fate with the Airbus A340 quad jet ~ flew SAA Johannesburg to Perth return this year March on this aircraft and most enjoyable. Probably the last time to experience the A340.
Looks like the only airline I'll be flying in the future is Emirates then
Question: Why do planes cost so much? What is the actual cost of the parts of a plane?
Just to give you an idea, a buddy of mine once spent $150 on six bolts for his plane.
@@michaelbujaki2462 what plane? Why tho?
@ they're Rolls-Royce after all. Maybe the Toyota ones are cheaper.
@Aviation Brussels i noticed that too. It depends on the size of the order, doesn't it? Also: who pays for maintenance?
I'm wondering if some of these planes could be converted to a military application. Thinking of an A380 MRTT, though I would expect the issue to be a lack of customers (US will stick with the C-5 and other NATO allies have no need for such a large aircraft). Maybe India?
If it does not have roll-on-roll-off capability it is of very limited use as a military cargo carrier. Unfortunately for the A380 it cannot be retrofitted with Ro-Ro capability since it is a full double-deck aircraft. The 747 on the other hand has that capability since it was designed from the beginning as a cargo aircraft. The A380 can carry a lot of beans and bullets but so can lots of other airplanes. The A380 can't carry a tank or an armored personnel carrier.
Emirates a380s are still alive and well!
Covid is making everything depressing
I have only flown twice on the A380 but thought they were the best flights ever taken, I have a A380 flight booked in March 2021 Dubai to Manchester, really hope this happens as I guess it will be my last chance, maybe I will try and upgrade to Business class. Sorry to see any of them scrapped. This is a very sad time for air travel. RIP A38.
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Rip A380
Once again, another beautiful piece of technological advancement gone from the skies WAY too soon. I hope one of these days they will get to fly again and that other companies like emirates see the benefits of her.
The biggest problem of Emirates, the A380.
Best plane I ever flown in. No B747 comes close to it's comfort and silence.
I didn't think that the 380 was very old? Can't they repurpose them to do more than just passanger flight? Like switch one plane between passanger and commercial flight? Like hockey rinks get changed from hockey to other entertainment
A hawg in every sense. Wrong plane for the wrong time,e, yet Airbus forecast huge sales already gobbled in the past up by the 747 series
It was a publicity stunt
Well there is a lot of info lost... Thai, Malaysia, Etihad, etc?
Airbus only built the A 380 to beat Boeing.
What you trying to say is it was largely a vanity project the business case was never really there for it. The estimate for the volume it would sell were wildly inflated.
And they failure epically.
Its a child in terms of age, and already heading for retirement. Just didn't make financial sense anymore to own and run these.
its sad to see an aircraft like that lead to total faliure
most mermorable
I've seen these planes in Auckland New Zealand. I can't honestly understand why they would fly there for a profit. Why is not profitable on the major routes , like for example , London to NY, that is what it was designed for. Never mind covid.
Not sad to see any go! Always thought it was an ugly aircraft.
I know right. I'm also glad they're fazing out the 747 from service as well. It's also ugly with that small looking cockpit.
All of the a380
I’m sad