Despite the jingoistic claptrap on this site, Airbus makes excellent planes. The root problem with the A380 is a huge misunderstanding of the present demand for aircraft, plus some degree of incompetent management (which I actually think is a secondary problem).
"They'll simply have to make runways bigger" Airbus mgt.
16 posted on 02/23/2007 8:07:05 AM PST by DungeonMaster
(Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”)
"They'll simply have to make runways bigger" Airbus mgt.
If the demand had been there, the airport modifications wouldn't have been an issue. The Boeing 747 required extensive modifications at a lot of airports.
18 posted on 02/23/2007 8:17:45 AM PST by Alter Kaker