Originally Posted by
PAXboy
Thus far Airbus has, essentially, only made one - the 380 but they had enough other product lines, so they got through - this time.
The A380 might have been a commercial failure when seen as an isolated product line. I suspect, but haven't seen a detailed analysis, of whether it still wasn't a net profit for Airbus considering it pulled in previous Boeing customers, locked in additional sales in A330/340 and A32x because of training commonality, furthered integration of Airbus and pioneered technologies for the A350 and A32x Neo.
One could also argue that the A350 is a B787 done right, learning from both the B787 and A380's mistakes as well as gains.