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The A380 was nearly extinct. Now a new airline says it’s building a superjumbo-only fleet
The Airbus A380 is a double-deck, wide-body commercial aircraft known for its impressive size and passenger capacity, which could seat over 500 passengers. The aircraft also offers a comfortable flying experience, such as larger cabin space, wider seats, better headroom, and quiet and smooth flight. However, it was commercially disastrous and led to Airbus announcing the discontinuation of its production in 2021, only 14 years after the first commercial flight by Singapore Airlines. There are several reasons why the superjumbo jet wasn’t used as Airbus hoped. Combined factors of hanging market dynamics, high operating costs, miscalculated demand, limited fleet flexibility because of the size and compatibility, competition from more efficient aircraft like Boeing’s 787, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. As of December 2022, there were only 237 aircraft in service with 16 operators worldwide, about one-third of what Airbus hoped to produce. Now, Global Airlines, a British startup, is preparing to offer transatlantic flights using only used A380s. The CEO of the ambitious airline is a world traveler who holds the Guinness world record for the youngest person to visit every country in the world and flew around 280 different airlines. He surely has extended experience flying as a passenger. But will he be able to keep flying the jumbo aircraft commercially successfully? How do people decide which airline to fly, price, schedule, connections, mileage program, comfort, or carbon footprint?
Enjoy reading the article and learning about another airline that is going to use unwanted jumbo jets.
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/a380-global-airlines/index.html
The A380 was nearly extinct. Now a new airline says it’s building a superjumbo-only fleet
The Airbus A380 is a double-deck, wide-body commercial aircraft known for its impressive size and passenger capacity, which could seat over 500 passengers. The aircraft also offers a comfortable flying experience, such as larger cabin space, wider seats, better headroom, and quiet and smooth flight. However, it was commercially disastrous and led to Airbus announcing the discontinuation of its production in 2021, only 14 years after the first commercial flight by Singapore Airlines. There are several reasons why the superjumbo jet wasn’t used as Airbus hoped. Combined factors of hanging market dynamics, high operating costs, miscalculated demand, limited fleet flexibility because of the size and compatibility, competition from more efficient aircraft like Boeing’s 787, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. As of December 2022, there were only 237 aircraft in service with 16 operators worldwide, about one-third of what Airbus hoped to produce. Now, Global Airlines, a British startup, is preparing to offer transatlantic flights using only used A380s. The CEO of the ambitious airline is a world traveler who holds the Guinness world record for the youngest person to visit every country in the world and flew around 280 different airlines. He surely has extended experience flying as a passenger. But will he be able to keep flying the jumbo aircraft commercially successfully? How do people decide which airline to fly, price, schedule, connections, mileage program, comfort, or carbon footprint?
Enjoy reading the article and learning about another airline that is going to use unwanted jumbo jets.
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/a380-global-airlines/index.html
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