I suppose whether an aircraft is 'dead' or not depends on one's point of view. Right now there are still over one thousand B747-400* flying and Boeing have recouped their investment.
Now, the A380 on the other hand, number required to break even in the order of five hundred, number of firm orders so far? So which is the 'dead' aircraft then?
*See next two posts for correction.
Last edited by parabellum; 1st Feb 2009 at 05:45.
Reason: Correction of stats.