Add that Trump threatening China with sanctions allegedly provoked them to stop buying A380s, the program completely sunk.
Boeing should be happy about Trump, as well as many other ingrate industrialists who mocked his brand, America, that is.
My impression is that the A380 was an impressively big plane (not that attractive, like a big flying beluga) but just too costly to operate and maintain.
747? Just a gorgeous airship.
That airlined was not designed to have a large nose opening for cargo ops like the 747.That glaring design flaw completely put it out the race for Fed Ex types.
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Actually, the upper deck is what keeps the A380 from being a desirable freighter.
I’m an old retired freight dog and came up thru DC-3s,Convair600/640/800’s and finished up in the left seat of a 747 Freighter.
The 747 was a pussy cat I loved that airplane, the only trouble I had in transitioning to it was 1.How high the cockpit was and it was far ahead of the nose wheel it was.
A dream to fly.
A360 vs 747 - The issue is moot seeing that the Green New Deal will outlaw jets and cows!! LOL!!
That airlined was not designed to have a large nose opening for cargo ops like the 747.That glaring design flaw completely put it out the race for Fed Ex types.
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Actually it’s the complete opposite. Fedex ordered the A380 early on but because of production delays they canceled the order and ordered Boeing 777’s which they fly today. Fedex isn’t interested in the 747 for several reasons one of which being they don’t need the hinged nose. Fedex is a package carrier and loads via canisters through a side cargo door. Hinged noses are for large bulk cargo that can’t go through a cargo door, Fedex doesn’t carry that stuff. The 747 is also inefficient for carrying canister freight on the upper deck because of the hump, it’s just empty space that you can’t fill the way Fedex loads cargo.
It’s a bigger win for Airbus. Now they can stop throwing bad money after good.