Originally Posted by
DaveReidUK
Quite so.
If, as seems likely, the 777X gets very close to the A380's SMCs then the only remaining raison d'être for the latter will be its use at slot-constrained airports.
It is an interesting proposition, did the A380 "peak" a little too early?
It is not as though the congestion both on the tarmac and the in terminal area will dissipate in coming years, if anything the slot constraints will tighten..