>(tl;dr; version: The A380 was well-optimized for a future that didn't happen, but not for the one that did.) The A380 being launched right before the economic

>(tl;dr; version: The A380 was well-optimized for a future that didn't happen, but not for the one that did.) The A380 being launched right before the economic crash of 2008 certainly didn't help. It easy in hindsight to think Airbus was wrong designing such an aircraft, but that's what the future looked like back then. There's no way they could have predicted the economic shifts the airlines went through. I guess they were just unlucky, bad market timing.