Thursday, 14 February 2019
Airbus A380 ending production
It has been conformed by Airbus with upsetting news to all Airbus enthusiasts the A380 is ending production. Airbus had it's downfall with the A380 since the launch of the aircraft back in 2005. The main reason why did the Airbus A380 fall is to due to the impact of the decssion was "largely embedded" in the firm's 2018 results of 32 nillion Euros (£2.6bn) up nearly 30% in 2017.
Airbus here in the UK will expecting thousands of jobs at risk (Not to do with Brexit) This was Airbus's hope to compete their rivals the Boeing 747 which was the largest passenger aircraft in the world for long haul & non-stop travel from London-Sydney which Qantas did in 1989 after the launch of the 747-400. Since the Boeing 747-400 was discontinued in 2005 "It didn't fail" Airbus A380 made it's first flight it was the future of non-stop long haul travel. It didn't made non-stop from London-Sydney from Qantas.
Singapore Airlines, Qatar Airways and Virgin Atlantic's plan has cancelled orders for the A380 some older fleets according to Singapore Airlines will be withdrawn from the oldest.
By the time news of this blog is done, Airbus will continue building their final A380 productions till 2021 estimate.
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