December 11, 2014
A Lufthansa aircraft (Airbus A380) landed at the airport in Frankfurt.Foto: AP
According to Airbus CEO Tom Enders it is ” short to medium term “give a decision on the future of the world’s largest passenger jet in the world. The decision will be based on economic considerations.
The thing can really fly? “Asked recently a visitor to the Airbus plant in Hamburg. She had just looked like a bar is installed in the spacious first-class section of the A380. The interior of the Airbus flagship of what a luxury hotel. It is unclear how long mount technicians in Hamburg and at the factory in Toulouse the giant flyer yet. Airbus is considering marketing the machine set, which can be up to 570 tons when lifting from the floor.
Airbus CEO Tom Enders just announced at an investor conference that it would “short to medium term “a decision on the future of the world’s largest passenger jet in the world give. The decision will be based on economic considerations. This supplement is important and typical of Enders. He wants to calculate cool, not to be impressed by it that the A380 is an object of prestige for the entire European aviation industry. Initial plans were already in the 1980s. It went for managers, engineers and politicians in France and Germany also always to show the Americans that a larger flyer than the jumbo Boeing is possible. In the boom years before the turn of the millennium was decided that the limits of the hitherto in aircraft is technically possible to pass. At the time, saw a huge need for experts large-capacity long-haul aircraft. The first machine was put into service in 2007. That was seven years thereafter reflected on the end is a r ecord.
Airbus had originally expected to sell about 1,200 copies. However, to date a total of only 318 orders have been received. 147 machines have now been delivered. In this year but no new orders have been added – an A380 is now to be had for around 150 million euros per piece. Most important customer is the Arabic Emirates Airline, which can already fly 55 machines and wants to acquire a further 85. Many other companies have recently been deferred purchases or equal to completely canceled.
Impressive: the Airbus A380
An Airbus A380 at the airport in Frankfurt am Main (Hessen) on the tarmac drawn.
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The A380 is a problem Vogel: It has to do with the rapid changes in aviation. The double-decker Airbus is a typical aircraft for large airports such as Trade-Off in Frankfurt. The passengers will be transferred feeder flights to airports and then change to the A380, which usually has about 550 seats. Profitable as a flight but only when the utilization is for the airline well over 70 percent. For many connecting flights must be organized. This is especially turnstiles with a lot of traffic in Europe and North America, but more severe. At smaller airports, the principle does not work because the passenger volume is too low.
In addition, it takes a dedicated terminal for the double-decker aircraft. Many airlines prefer now also on long-haul smaller device such as the A330 and the Airbus A350, the 787 and the 777, Boeing – which can also start from regional airports and land, can generally be used much more flexible because they manage with two fuel-efficient engines , This reduces the overall cost, and nothing is more important in the industry, because competition is getting tougher. Therefore much to suggest that the era of the four-jet Colossi slowly but surely coming to an end, and Boeing pulls back the production of 747.
For the A380 Another drawback is that each machine in a sense made to measure according to the specific needs of the customer is what makes production expensive. This is a relic of the boom years as the future aviation was seen as part of a lifestyle with increased luxury. Today it’s too much more pragmatic. Air Travel resemble S-train rides more and more
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Bald black numbers
is in the black Airbus join the A380 program nonetheless. Although the development cost around 15 billion euros, the break is to be flown as early as next year. And to the group as a whole, you do not worry. Enders is proud of an order book that is as thick as never before with good 6000 orders. The Airbus plants are utilized for years.
However, Enders has just announced that there will be a hangover with stagnant profits in the next and next year because sales of the A330 and A350 only then pick up significantly in 2017. At the same time the manager had just admit that delayed delivery of its first A350. The share price of Airbus collapsed. On Thursday afternoon trying Fabrice Brégier, head of the passenger jet division of the Group, to calm the situation: The first A350 being sent to Qatar Airways in December. And for the A380 will you find new customers, further improvements were planned.
This indicates that the flagship probably will get one last chance. It could be tantamount to equip them with new fuel-saving engines, which is, according to experts they consume at least two billion euros, because the wings then need to be strengthened. Emirates boss Tim Clark, however, has announced further orders if this is implemented. Enders now can probably work out at how much extra Orders are needed to ensure that the redesign of the wing profitable.
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