Totally off-topic, sorry...

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Not nessecarily defending the A380 here but isn't AvLeek overwhelmingly
aimed at the _US_ Aviation/Airline Industry members market? I don't think
anyone really expected to sell larger than 747 aircraft to US Airlines
after
about 1980 or so, I always got the Impression that the Target market was
mostly Middle/Far East

Fot that matter I don't think Airbus is proposing to stop offering A330's
and 340's....



During years, Airbus has claimed that the main commercial advantage of
Boeing was its ability to offer a full span of aircraft sizes, from
commuters to Jumbos, with a global and unique maintenance service, and that
the air companies did prefer outsourcing their maintenance to a unique
partner. Airbus said that this was the reason why it HAD to build the A-380,
to complete its panel of aircraft. Without a Jumbo-size plane, Airbus was
told that Boeing was preferable.
If this policy is still in force, I can't see why Airbus would stop the
production of any size of aircraft. This would make a hole in their product
range.

Yours
Chistophe
(not a specialist in civil aviation, BTW)