As far as I am aware, there are no A380s in the charter market yet (which is a lot of budget market) and very very few in the discount carrier world (EasyJet, R

As far as I am aware, there are no A380s in the charter market yet (which is a lot of budget market) and very very few in the discount carrier world (EasyJet, RyanAir, Sprit, Norwegian, Iceland Air, etc). The charter carriers and discount carriers typically don't have the traffic to sustain these flights, and really don't have first or business class traffic to sustain the flight. The a380 was made for large traffic to and from Asian cities. If there is going to be a savior for the program, that's where it will come from. There are rumors that Airbus has approached China to talk about taking over a large portion of the project, in exchange for Chinese orders. That's something to keep a eye on.