The Results of Poor Decisions
To purchase the A380 was always going to be a poor decision.Boeings research indicated that a long range faster fuel efficient medium sized aircraft was what airlines were going to need in the future.These aircraft were going to provide flexibility in the highly cyclical aviation environment.
Unfortunately Boeing has had problems of its own.The 787 has been beset by fundamental organizational problems that the Boeing corporation should have foreseen.
The A380 is fine when the aviation cycle is at the top but falters when it isn't(pax loads).Its performance is certainly not living up to expectations.In particular fuel burn rate.
It is rapidly becoming obvious that systems reliability is another issue
Last edited by packrat; 15th October 2009 at 11:53.