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There are several problems quite big ones in fact involved with: the A380 has four engines, weak floors, designed for passengers, no large loading door, and it’
by nigerian1981 5y ago
There are several problems quite big ones in fact involved with: the A380 has four engines, weak floors, designed for passengers, no large loading door, and it’s not the most efficient aircraft.
- hef19898 5y agoPayload, floor structure and the ability to load long, large stuff from the nose are the main reasons. Also what I heard back the day from industry veterans. The 747 was initially conceived as a cargo plane, and thus works better at that. The A380 would be great for express / parcel carriers, but I think it's to expensive to operate on the given routes ehen compared to a 777F or similar planes (A300s were converted quite a lot, and MD11s were Lufthansa Cargos fleet until the late 2000s if memory serves well).
- scoopertrooper 5y agoSeems crazy to me that a cargo conversion wasn't part of the planning from day one.
- rakoo 5y agoIt's been a few years now but there is also another reason: not all airports could accommodate the A380, they had to build special landing zones.