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looks like bad news for the airbus a380
When Singapore Airlines took the A380 superjumbo for its first commercial flight in 2007, there was widespread applause that the future of air travel had arrived.
But the Airbus programme, long-delayed and over-budget, never really shook off accusations that it would be a white elephant of the skies.
So why did the world's largest passenger aircraft, described as a "hotel in the sky", fail after just 12 years of production?
The A380, whose wings are made at Airbus UK, was a bold challenger to US rival Boeing's dominance of the large aircraft market.
While Airbus was taking a multi-billion-dollar bet that airlines would want big aircraft in the future, Boeing was developing its smaller, nimbler (and seemingly more successful) 787 Dreamliner.
wonder what effect this will have on the welsh economy
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-47225789
When Singapore Airlines took the A380 superjumbo for its first commercial flight in 2007, there was widespread applause that the future of air travel had arrived.
But the Airbus programme, long-delayed and over-budget, never really shook off accusations that it would be a white elephant of the skies.
So why did the world's largest passenger aircraft, described as a "hotel in the sky", fail after just 12 years of production?
The A380, whose wings are made at Airbus UK, was a bold challenger to US rival Boeing's dominance of the large aircraft market.
While Airbus was taking a multi-billion-dollar bet that airlines would want big aircraft in the future, Boeing was developing its smaller, nimbler (and seemingly more successful) 787 Dreamliner.
wonder what effect this will have on the welsh economy
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-47225789