Turbine "Wonder how Airbus handled the A-380 monstrous turkey on their books and quickly moved on the A-350? Is Airbus really a profitable company"
To be fair the A 380 didn't have a lot of technical issues whereas the 787 was a disaster in development and introduction
Airbus's problem is selling the damn thing in large enough numbers - so their upfront costs are probably close to budget but their income is way down on projections (pretty much the opposite of Boeing's problem). Can't stick that into R&D so I assume they'll play games with depreciation, interest rates and exchange rates