There are two major future super-jumbo markets not mentioned here, and they're whoppers: core domestic routes in China and India, eg. Beijing/Shanghai/Guangzhou

There are two major future super-jumbo markets not mentioned here, and they're whoppers: core domestic routes in China and India, eg. Beijing/Shanghai/Guangzhou/Hong Kong and Delhi/Mumbai/Chennai/Hyderabad/Kolkata. The distances are too long to be covered by any form of terrestrial transport, even bullet train (there's already one for BJ-SH, but it takes five hours), and as both countries get richer, demand will grow exponentially. China's airports are huge, but badly hampered by military ATC restrictions, while India's byzantine permitting process means eg. Mumbai's airport isn't going to expand any time soon (and I'm not holding my breath for the construction of Navi Mumbai), which means the only way to increase capacity is larger planes. And indeed, China Southern is already flying A380s domestically. http://www.ausbt.com.au/the-world-s-shortest-airbus-a380-flights-starting-at-two-hours http://www.ausbt.com.au/the-world-s-shortest-airbus-a380-fli...