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Boeing most likely has already delivered the last passenger 747 ever to be built [1]. Cargo demand will keep the line alive, but at greatly reduced numbers, wh

Boeing most likely has already delivered the last passenger 747 ever to be built [1]. Cargo demand will keep the line alive, but at greatly reduced numbers, which in total have been 1536 units since it's commercial introduction in 1970 [2]. IMHO, the A380 was not created to meet market demand, but instead was conceived to meet the national interests of England and France's own military industrial complex, and in that regard it was a success. 1. http://money.cnn.com/2017/07/19/news/companies/the-last-747-jumbo-jetliner/index.html http://money.cnn.com/2017/07/19/news/companies/the-last-747-... 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_747 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_747 edit: format fix.

jmnicolas 9y ago
The A380 is used as a military plane ?
- toomuchtodo 9y ago
  It’s the commercial product of Airbus, an EU defense contractor. http://www.airbus.com/defence.html http://www.airbus.com/defence.html
  - masklinn 9y ago
    Both Boeing and Airbus have defence contracting arms, that doesn't mean all of their platforms have defence purposes. AFAIK there is no military variant of the A380, Airbus's current civilian platforms with military variants are the A310[0] and A330[1] and their own derivatives (KC-45 which derives from the A330 MRTT). [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A310_MRTT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A310_MRTT [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A330_MRTT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A330_MRTT
_Codemonkeyism 9y ago
Shouldn't that be France and Germany? From the top of my head the largest production facilities with most employees are in those countries.
- stergios 9y ago
  Yes, you are right; Germany should be included, as today Airbus is a consolidation of the European aerospace industry. My memory was clouded by the highly publicized initial wiring harness problems. The England and France teams were using CATIA Version 5, while the Germany and Spain teams were using CATIA Version 4. For the other children posts regarding my comment about the military industrial complex, I meant to imply that by being able to build the A380 Airbus as a corporation increased it's own system wide capabilities. Boeing enjoys this same benefit, which ranges from both technological capabilities as well as financial advantages.

jmnicolas 9y ago

The A380 is used as a military plane ?

toomuchtodo 9y ago
It’s the commercial product of Airbus, an EU defense contractor. http://www.airbus.com/defence.html http://www.airbus.com/defence.html
- masklinn 9y ago
  Both Boeing and Airbus have defence contracting arms, that doesn't mean all of their platforms have defence purposes. AFAIK there is no military variant of the A380, Airbus's current civilian platforms with military variants are the A310[0] and A330[1] and their own derivatives (KC-45 which derives from the A330 MRTT). [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A310_MRTT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A310_MRTT [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A330_MRTT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A330_MRTT

_Codemonkeyism 9y ago

Shouldn't that be France and Germany? From the top of my head the largest production facilities with most employees are in those countries.

stergios 9y ago
Yes, you are right; Germany should be included, as today Airbus is a consolidation of the European aerospace industry. My memory was clouded by the highly publicized initial wiring harness problems. The England and France teams were using CATIA Version 5, while the Germany and Spain teams were using CATIA Version 4. For the other children posts regarding my comment about the military industrial complex, I meant to imply that by being able to build the A380 Airbus as a corporation increased it's own system wide capabilities. Boeing enjoys this same benefit, which ranges from both technological capabilities as well as financial advantages.