It’s amusing that the leaders of the European Union have hailed their “victory” over the United States in the production of the world’s largest passenger jet.
No, it was an Airbus victory over Boeing. It was a little strange that European political leaders used the occasion to throw barbs at Washington but politicians are the same the world over.
Airbus needs to make money fast or their thirteen-billion dollar bird will turn this victory into a catastrophe for Airbus.
Why exactly do the struggling airlines need aircraft that big? They’re plenty big now and can’t fill the seats they already have available. How much money will the airlines lose per flight if they can’t fill every seat? Will there be any savings by replacing smaller aircraft like the 747s with these gigantic aircraft?
The military would probably like them a lot; they could transport an entire division of troops with twelve of the A380s.
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