Aircraft fail due to technical reasons or market reasons or both (A380)

RichardAboulafia.com ^ | June 2006 Letter | Richard Aboulafia

[JeffersonRepublic.com]

[I hope the A380 gets off the ground because, for those long hauls, I'd like a roomy area with plenty of leg room at a resonable price.
Okay. I'm a dreamer.]

I was hoping to spend some time in the library before going down stairs to the bar. Is the A380 still going to have all these amenities?

[1FASTGLOCK45]

garyhope wrote:
"As a somewhat slightly "older" gentleman and having to use the "facilities" slightly more often than the younger generation, can you imagine waiting in line with another couple of hundred people for the loo? And what shape will it be in when you get to it? No thanks."

---Hell, i'm not older yet, but I agree with you 100%!!

[Yo-Yo]

Maybe, maybe not! I believe that the A380 is grossly overweight, and the passenger capacity will be reduced.

The A380 is not too heavy to fly, it's too heavy to make it's advertised fuel efficiency rating.

[Proud_USA_Republican]

Japan is the one to worry about.

[phantomworker]

They used to say whoever owns the wing, owns the plane, but that must have changed. Japan makes a great car, but most people think they don't have the "tribal knowledge" necessary to assemble an entire plane.