There'd been rumor of a Turkish Airlines's order for A380 for so long but it never happened. Etihad and Qatar each operate a tiny fleet. In fact A380 seems to o

There'd been rumor of a Turkish Airlines's order for A380 for so long but it never happened. Etihad and Qatar each operate a tiny fleet. In fact A380 seems to only work for Emirates. So it doesn't really make sense for hub and spoke airlines either. It isn't a dumb idea. It's a marvelous machine. But it isn't viable commercially and Airbus let prestige cloud their judgement. Doesn't help that they fucked up the service introduction, causing a two year delay and probably extra billions.