Unless the economics really suck, the A380 will ultimately come good. And the stretch version will be much prettier than the original.
" Unless the economics really suck". Don't think they really suck, but perhaps not good enough verses the 777/A350 etc on many routes.
"the A380 will ultimately come good". How long are you going to give it - we're already 10 years down the road?
"stretch version".
AFAIK I think that is still in reality a very much a "might happen, one day project".
I don't work for Airbus but from where I'm sitting right now (near Toulouse) I know a lot of the local subcontractors have already shifted their efforts largely away from the 380 and towards supporting the A350 and the 320 neo.
The 380 is far from dead but I'm not sure many see the production run picking up speed again in the forseeable future.