A380 Production Sadness
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kelvedon
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Alan Leahy, Airbus Sales Director said, after the ordering of 36 A380's to Emirates in January this year that "this great aircraft will be built well into the 2030s." so even allowing for his degree of optimism, I don't think the end of production is imminent.
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No but you'd like to think they are new enough as a fleet that not to much is breaking at this point.
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Have you ever owned a French car !
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Good thing the Italians don't make aircraft then. They'd be the most beautiful ones ever, but rarely in the air working
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They have improved. We have a 2 year old Guilietta that has been great, apart from its German battery!Good thing the Italians don't make aircraft then. They'd be the most beautiful ones ever, but rarely in the air working
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Sadly I'm willing to bet against his comment and I normally don't bet. (I like the a/c)
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Haha, no I haven't, I have owned an Italian one and couple of Germans, neither had the longevity for Australia
Good thing the Italians don't make aircraft then. They'd be the most beautiful ones ever, but rarely in the air working
I've owned an Italian car, it was such a great car I bought a Mazda so I knew I could go to the supermarket once per week.
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Yes I'm not JB. But to say everyone loves is perhaps stretching it. I don't love it myself.
Fair point. I probably love it more from a big boys toy point of view but everyone I know that doesn’t work in the industry is a fan. I personally had a very comfortable trip down the back in a QF 744 recently. Out of interest what don’t you like about it?
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They're a beautiful car. I used to have a Alfa 147, but couldn't bring myself to buying another Alfa. As much as I loved it, too many things broke.
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I'm also not JB and love the a380, but understand it just isn't competitive at the top 3 factors most non AFF travellers care about
1) Price
2) Price
3) Price
Will probably get worse with increasing fuel prices. The A380's sweet spot is slot constrained airports.
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I think the biggest challenge is the engine - the RR Trent 900 and EA GP7000 are dated and while they have received some updates developed for later engines (eg the 777/350 Trent 1000 and XWB) they remain way behind in performance, and I can't see a future A380 selling substantial numbers.
Ideal solution imho would be to design an A380neo to operate on the next gen A350 engines without substantial alterations - thus avoiding the big engine development cost.
Then Airbus could do the stretch that the wings were originally designed for, the improved sidewalls allowing 11 across (unfortunately) and new age materials, and you probably have an aircraft that continues to be cost competitive (when full) against the big twins.
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Had Peugeots for years. Went forever. Fiat 128 for 130K km. Alfas well...
“Buyers of new Holden cars report the most faults in the first four years, a consumer advocacy group has found.
More than two-thirds (68 per cent) of Australians who bought a new Holden experienced at least one problem in that time, CHOICE reportedon Monday.
Ford ranked second-worst, with 65 per cent of new car buyers reporting at least one defect, followed by Audi with 62 per cent.”
Australian consumers name faultiest car brands | The New Daily
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Intersting facts no 587: Caproni Campini N.1 - WikipediaGood thing the Italians don't make aircraft then. They'd be the most beautiful ones ever, but rarely in the air working
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Having two Audi’s I can relate to this.
Short engine rebuild due to oil consumption, DSG transmission failures in control board and mechatronic unit.
At least Audi Australia comes to the party cost wise.
Electric cars can’t come soon enough.
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