Hello !?! The canard design won't work with existing jet bridges (or whatever). The A380 doesn't work with existing airports!
I hope Boeing are able to build this soon. I would love to operate it and they need a new aeroplane as the 777 is the only competitive product that they have.
No new version of a 747 will sell unless it is fly-by-wire because maintenance costs will kill it.
As for the A380 - no one, passenger or crew is going to enjoy waiting to be the last person off the flight into the busses!
The only drawback I can see to the Boeing is that if the flights are shorter then the company will make me do more of them !!
[ 25 July 2001: Message edited by: Sunshine Express ]