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It is a well known fact. The 747-8 and A380 have collapsed in terms of new orders and both companies have acknowledge they lack a way forward. To quote Boeing
by Someone1234 8y ago
It is a well known fact. The 747-8 and A380 have collapsed in terms of new orders and both companies have acknowledge they lack a way forward.
To quote Boeing president of marketing Randy Tinseth:
> We don’t see significant demand for passenger 747-8s or A380s
The last major order for the 747-8 (28 aircraft) was in 2016 and 2014 for the A380 (13 aircraft). Enough to keep production alive for another few years, but after that it is unclear. And even then many of those are for cargo/freight, not people.
- mikece 8y agoHas Boeing stopped making 747-8F (freighter)? It was my understanding that a slower build rate of 747-8F would continue. Back in 2012 Boeing touted that half of all air freight was being moved by 747s [1]; I thought it was a foregone conclusion that Airbus would make a freighter version of the A380 to exploit it's greater lift capacity. [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20121011082258/http://www.boeing.com/commercial/747family/freighter/ https://web.archive.org/web/20121011082258/http://www.boeing...
- protomyth 8y agoFor cargo, the 747 variants are doing ok. The A380 has some problems with being a cargo plane https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCJrg7j8Uag https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCJrg7j8Uag
- FigBug 8y agoThey have 24 open orders and are making 0.5 a month. 767 has 111 open orders for freighters and aerial refueling tankers. Both are on their last legs.
- lathiat 8y agoEmirates ordered 20 confirmed + 16 options only last year: https://www.emirates.com/media-centre/emirates-orders-36-a380s-worth-us-16-billion https://www.emirates.com/media-centre/emirates-orders-36-a38... But it seems likely they will be the end of the line.