Originally Posted by
Mark Altstar
380s won’t be going in 5 years when they are doing the 12 yearly heavy check on all frames and pumping 400M into cabin reconfig. Unless there is an extreme fuel spike.
The A380 is an inherited problem for Little Napoleon.
The industry and manufacturers guessed that slot constrained hubs would be the natural market for the A380.
Instead of what appeared a logical "fix" the market prefers, at least in the present, more of the point to point with lower passenger counts.
That Qantas is stuck with the A380 on the books for considerably more than the second hand market is an issue that increasingly analysts will ask questions of. This was vast majority of the "confronting loss" in FY15: Impairment of Long haul fleet.
Problematic for the rudderless ship is that irrespective of the the fuel price, the A380 fleet burns far more fuel per seat.
In part this is why smart operators have already moved to replace increasing numbers of four engine aircraft with long range twin engined aircraft.
This is what the ICCT were highlighting.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-...-study/9333616
Qantas need a new fleet.