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And look what happened - the A380, an even bigger plane - was discontinued because it turned out smaller planes are more economical.
by qayxc 5y ago
And look what happened - the A380, an even bigger plane - was discontinued because it turned out smaller planes are more economical.
- dingaling 5y ago> because it turned out smaller planes are more economical Per seat the A380 is still the cheapest way of moving a person by air. The 777X should beat it, but it's not in service yet. The problems with the A380 were (1) it wasn't aerodynamically radical enough to maintain that advantage beyond one generation of airliners and (2) you need to fill it to compensate for (1)