Airline Revenue Economics

Fleet

Super Jumbo

Despite limited sales, the A380 is arguably the most successful jet ever built

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Oliver Ranson
Jan 20, 2022
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Airbus delivered 123x A380s to Emirates, the double-decker’s largest customer, and the last one ran off the Hamburg Finkenwerder production line in December 2021. Since only 251 of these aircraft were ever delivered (compared with 1,567 Boeing 747s, another aircraft with stairs) the market thinks the A380 a commercial failure. But I disagree – the A380 …

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