Poor Glofish... This will mess with his head��
It actually does! I guess it's because it is still sane ......
But i can take it like a man, thanks for your concern WK.
For the less indoctrinated:
I think it is in conjunction with the Qatar row. As Airbus just released an article of how they try to sustain a production rate of 12 (!) units per year, when 27 were needed for break-even (their numbers), the ME instability being a more than welcome relief for European airlines, the UAE want to showcase their importance by "pretending" to buy some more 380 and by that trying to play the good guys.
After all the sheik still wants to be able to go to Paris for shopping and put on a pathetic hat at Ascott.
As a potential lessor, i would be extremely reluctant to offer for a new 380, when a huge number is visibly parked every morning on the north side and no other orders are in sight in the solar system. Except if the conditions would suit me, yes, then it might be sound. But then the guys leasing it must be out of their commercial minds.
I bet such order will be "modified" in due time.
As for the latest rumor, i find it cute:
The 380 that no one wants no more could be used as artificial reefs, to compensate for the monumental destruction when setting up the palms. I would actually volunteer to land one onto the sea! Sully showed it's possible, even when he apparently had no authority on it.