"faky" wrote

Analyse the industry and you will see at once the folly of the 380.
1. Many airlines are moving towards smaller jets.
2. Airlines that are operating on the older HUB model have been losing
money
for many years, while smaller regeonals using the direct flight model are
making money. The direct flight model requires smaller planes.


First of all, I want to state that I am not an airbus fan.

The whole state purpose of the 380, is to get more passenger capacity at
airports that have no more available landing slots, due to the airport being
at maximum movement capacity. Heathrow is one example. The 380 would have
to be put on a route that had enough demand to another city, to keep it
full. Demand has to be at levels higher than what the current slots will
carry, with the present planes. That is the only big advantage, and will be
the only routes the 380 is slated to run on.
--
Jim in NC