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You cannot avoid mistakes every now and then. At least it had no particular safety issue and is quite a reliable aircraft, and they still made money with it. Th
by kergonath 3y ago
You cannot avoid mistakes every now and then. At least it had no particular safety issue and is quite a reliable aircraft, and they still made money with it. This is nothing like the issues Boeing is facing.
- oskarkk 3y agoSadly, in the end they lost money on it. They came to a point where producing the plane was profitable, but they never recouped the development cost: https://simpleflying.com/was-the-a380-programme-profitable/ https://simpleflying.com/was-the-a380-programme-profitable/
- p_l 3y agoA lot of A380 development went into A350 and new techniques going in other planes. Including 787, actually.