May 3, 201511 yr A few in Malaysia may be going up for sale! I'm a little short in the bank account! http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/01/travel/malaysia-airlines-sales/index.html Devin CYOW
May 3, 201511 yr That adds credence to that BBC report I linked last week or so which stated that last year nobody purchased any of the 'super jumbo's as the market is tailing off. Rick Almeida
May 3, 201511 yr I'm willing to chip in ... Does anybody want to start an airline? R. Francois Myburgh "I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them." Baruch Spinoza (because to quote Bertrand Russell would have been offensive)
May 3, 201511 yr Author I'm willing to chip in ... Does anybody want to start an airline? I have about 33 cents. I'll donate 31 cents...I need to keep two to rub together!! Devin CYOW
May 4, 201511 yr Commercial Member That adds credence to that BBC report I linked last week or so which stated that last year nobody purchased any of the 'super jumbo's as the market is tailing off. I think Emirates & Qatar alone is enough to keep Airbus happy. I guarantee a Sheikh from Saudi or the UAE will pick up one of these A380's to use as a private jet Rob Prest
May 4, 201511 yr guarantee a Sheikh from Saudi or the UAE will pick up one of these A380's to use as a private jet And you'd not be far off the mark too! But can Airbus exist on just that, more to the point? Rick Almeida
May 5, 201511 yr I'd buy it, but I don't think it will fit in my driveway. My computer: ABS Gladiator Gaming PC featuring an Intel 10700F CPU, EVGA CLC-240 AIO cooler (dead fans replaced with Noctua fans), Asus Tuf Gaming B460M Plus motherboard, 16GB DDR4-3000 RAM, 1 TB NVMe SSD, EVGA RTX3070 FTW3 video card, dead EVGA 750 watt power supply replaced with Antec 900 watt PSU.
May 5, 201511 yr And you'd not be far off the mark too! But can Airbus exist on just that, more to the point? There are around 40x more outstanding orders on other types than there are on the 380. Even if they closed the 380 production line, they won't starve.
May 5, 201511 yr I'm still sitting on the fence, waiting for reports on framerates and VAS footprint before I buy. Do they feature 2D panels only or are they equipped with a Virtual (or even a Real?) Cockpit? Can I toggle between those options via the MCDU, maybe?!? What happened to AVSIM
May 6, 201511 yr Interesting. I think it will be interesting to see the effects in the used market so to speak. But it sucks they look to be off-loading quite a bit of their heavies.
May 6, 201511 yr it is not just the A380s that are going, so will some 737s and 777s. Truth is, MAS is going through some very hard times at the moment, and due to the adverse publicity they are not getting passengers through the door, leading to empty seats. A good friend flew in an MAS 777 2 weeks ago and he guesses it had just over 100 passengers on board. Sad times for this airline Will Reynolds Flight Sim Addict
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