Emirates challenging us for future A380 version: Airbus chief
As Emirates gives up on Airbus’ future version of the A380 aircraft, or the A380neo as it’s known as, Airbus chief says its biggest superjumbo customer continues to challenge it for an upgrade of the double-decker. “We have studied the possible evolution of the A380neo aircraft and we came to the conclusion that the time was not yet there to launch it. To do that we would need, of course, to inject some development cost and we would need to have a better environment from the market perspective, and also clear return on investment. Having pinned hopes on it for long, Emirates has slowly come to accept that planemaker is quietly going to kill the A380neo project. The world’s largest operator of the superjumbo, however, was until recently appealing for Airbus to continue making the aircraft. <br/>
https://portal.staralliance.com/cms/news/hot-topics/2017-01-12/unaligned/emirates-challenging-us-for-future-a380-version-airbus-chief
https://portal.staralliance.com/cms/logo.png
Emirates challenging us for future A380 version: Airbus chief
As Emirates gives up on Airbus’ future version of the A380 aircraft, or the A380neo as it’s known as, Airbus chief says its biggest superjumbo customer continues to challenge it for an upgrade of the double-decker. “We have studied the possible evolution of the A380neo aircraft and we came to the conclusion that the time was not yet there to launch it. To do that we would need, of course, to inject some development cost and we would need to have a better environment from the market perspective, and also clear return on investment. Having pinned hopes on it for long, Emirates has slowly come to accept that planemaker is quietly going to kill the A380neo project. The world’s largest operator of the superjumbo, however, was until recently appealing for Airbus to continue making the aircraft. <br/>
