haughtney1,
Why is the 737max bigger than the DC-9 or earlier 737s, why is the 787 bigger than the 767, why is the 777X bigger than the 777, why is the 747-8 bigger than the 747-400 ? Is Airbus the only ones to build larger aircraft ?
EK are driving 5x517 seat A380s a day to LHR with 90% load factors and 64% break even. How much if a profit dive would they take replacing them with the 777X?
Strategic Aero give the impression that EK only lease A380s. EK only own 15 aircraft out of a fleet 217, they own 5xA330-200s, 1xA340-500, 4xA380s, 1x777-200, and 4x777-300ERs. The rest are leased (operating or finance), i.e. 129 of their 777s are leased.