Electrically-started engines: woopy doo. The 146/RJ has been doing this for years! Are these clowns saying they haven't got an external power socket that will start the engines??!! If it's a Boeing7E7, I ain't going!
Yawn, I think the idea behind the A380 was to replace 2 747s (other misc other smaller airliners) on the same route, not necessarily optimise hub-and-spoke ops.