The 380 has no market. The EU is forcing small countries to buy it. Most US Airports can't support it's size.
Morning and welcome to Free Republic.
Preach it from the mountain, brother! About time someone calls Boeing (or really, the old McDonnell-Douglas management) to account for it's missteps. The "EU subsidy" argument is getting tiresome.
It gets zero miles on zero gallons. Fuel efficient? It doesn't even have an engine.
Except that the C5 was a Lockheed design. DOH!!!
Air travel is on the verge of a massive explosion as hundred of millions of people increase their living standards to where they can afford to fly. Also, as terrorism is being controlled (thanks to Pres. Bush), people will feel safer flying.
These super jetliners will bring down the cost of air travel. People in America will take weekend trips to Europe and Europeans will be taking weekend trips to Asia and vice versa. Trans-continental air travel will not be just for the rich anymore.
You may laugh now but 25 years from now, you will be able to travel from New York to London for under $100 (in today's dollars) on these super-jetliners. There will be so many of these super jetliners in the air that they will have to be stacked vertically in layers (separated by 5,000 vertical feet) so that more aircraft can use the same air routes.