While the aircraft seems to have made somewhat of a comeback in recent years, the program was a failure for Airbus.
Despite six years of effort to build Airbus A380 superjumbo jetliners more efficiently, the European plane maker must still cut the cost and time needed to produce its two-deck airliners ...
It can't make them fast enough. The largest plane, the superjumbo A380, can't find a buyer. Airbus can't make them slowly enough. As always with aerospace, where it takes decades to know the final ...
Airbus spent $34 billion dollars developing the A380, most of which came from European taxpayers. The cost per plane was said to be $445 million each. The planes cost problems were exacerbated by ...
A source close to the airport said the Emirates aircraft had a problem with its brakes, but no one was hurt and there had not been a fire. The Airbus A380 is one of the world's largest passenger ...
British Airways has recently removed summer flights connecting London Heathrow and Abu Dhabi amid Boeing 787 Dreamliner ...
Airbus has struggled to find customers for the A380 Superjumbo over the past few years. In fact, Airbus hasn't had an airline order for the double-decker mega-plane since 2013. But Airbus ...