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Originally posted by vash
is that the plane causing all the heartache over at boeing?
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Well Being says market for large aircrafts is doomed and what people want nowadays is smaller point-to-point connections.
Airbus says that amount of slots at bigger airports is limited, so carriers need big and cost-effective aircrafts that can transfer greater amount of people between hubs.
Truth is probably somewhere in-between but Boeing seems to lack the funds to invest in product of this caliber and is investing into it's 787 project which is advanced long range mid-capacity point-to-point aircraft. Boeing also went with (controversial) stock-buyback programme which probably put extra strain on finances.
Anyway, A380 is friggin' huuuge! And this is just a short prototype "guppy"-version. Streched versions are to follow:
Personally, I find it quite ugly. It will probably be a good source of revenue for carriers though. They don't care about looks.
For me, there is only one good looking passenger A/C:
