Who else thinks the Airbus A380 is TOO BIG?

Question

I mean, for a freight plane its good. But It doesn't seem smart to use it for passengers. I mean, do you expect to get 500+ passengers for EVERY flight??

Answer 1

read the other people answer's i think they are right

Answer 2

I like what Bill Maher said about it.

"When was the last time you got on a plane and thought, 'Gee, I wish there were more people in here.'?"

Answer 3

Well i guess thats why you're just some average guy and not some Airline CEO, cus while you're saying its too big, the CEO's of Emirates, Virgin, ILFC and Cathay Pacific all think its too small and should be stretched to the A380-900 which carries 750+ people. To answer your question, even though the A380 can carry 500+ people, you'll hardly see any Airline using it that way, most of the space will be used for fancy first class stuff.

Answer 4

It's probably too big for the present day market.  Airbus has been trying to match Boeing plane for plane in there effort to develop their own family of airliers as they call it.  The 747 was one they should have passed on.  The 747 was on the way out and due for an upgrade.  The 777 was becoming the airliner of choice for efficient long distance travel especially since the downturn of international tourist traffic.

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When they design airliners they work with a figure called seat mile cost. The more seats you can pack into a plane the lower the seat mile cost.  This is an abstract figure used by designers and based on a full load of passengers.

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Airbus expects to sell a thousand of these giants with the break even point* expected at 300.  Many industry insiders put that number significantly higher.  They have orders for 160.

Answer 5

ever heard of Asia?

they're getting richer there, their economy is booming, more and more people are using air travel and they don't really care about pollution  yet.

the A380 solves the problems quite well. A380 isn't just for long range though. I think if they go for maximum pax which hopefully can be around 700-800, they can use it on medium cross country fights as well and make money.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

not me

Answer 8

It is meant for flights that are consistently full, like trans atlantic, but the real reason it is not viable is because you cant even operate it on normal runways and taxiways. They have to be constructed of special cement that is made without water, with chemicals instead. There are only a few airports that have used it, something like 3 of them.

Answer 9

Some airport are so crowded, the aircraft have to line up and wait for their turn to use the runway to take off. Having one airplane with 500 people on board makes a lot more sense than having 2 with 250 passengers each, especially since the A380 will use less fuel than the 2 smaller airliners combined.

If they would not have a full plane each time, airlines will simply reassign the A380 to routes that have a higher filling ratio.

If it sells, if the airlines are using it and making a profit from operating it, if the passengers are safe and happy, then the plane is not to big; it is just right for that type of operation.

Answer 10

Boeing thinks it's too big, and given that even the 747 is relatively rare in the skies these days, they are probably right.

Whether or not such a large plane is economical depends on traffic patterns.  In the old days, lots of 747s flew domestically in the U.S. because airlines had only a small number of cross-country flights, each of which carried a large number of people.  Now U.S. carriers prefer to have a very large number of flights with only a few people on each, so 737s are more attractive than 747s (having many flights is actually much less fuel-efficient, but it can still be more profitable).

Asia still likes to fly smaller numbers of flights with more people, and some routes are so crowded that they can actually fill many flights with many people.  Some worldwide carriers also use large aircraft because they can only obtain a limited number of slots at key airports around the world, so they fly a small number of heavily loaded flights in order to make the best use of the slots they can get. European airports, for example, are notoriously stingy in granting slots to airlines, except for the privileged national carriers in each country, of course.

The 747 was originally supposed to have a full-length upper deck, but Boeing decided that it would be too difficult to evacuate it completely in the time required, in the event of an accident.

Answer 11

It is used for long-distance flight only. because only here it pays off to use the Airbus A380.

Answer 12

it sounds good to me.

Answer 13

if u think the 380 is big,how about the antonov 225?its much bigger and the only one.there's so much hype over this plane coz its new.why cant some rich guy get the spruce goose airborne instead of creating something so expensive that only a few airlines could get into a dilemma of lifetime repayment.