The chief of the world's largest airline has criticized airlines for not
buying more A380 super jumbo's as Airbus hints at closing the production line
down in 2018.
Responding to a Bloomberg report about Airbus CFO, Harald Wilhelm, telling
investors in London on Wednesday that Airbus is considering closing the A380
line because of a lack of orders, Emirates President Sir Tim Clark warned
that with air travel due to double in the next ten years to 7 billion
passengers, airlines and airports will need giant jets like the 517 seat A380.
"The A380 is a passenger magnet. We operate five a day from Dubai to London's
Heathrow and they are 95 per cent full," Mr Clark told Airlineratings.com in
an exclusive interview.
"Airlines are too conservative and have not put the right interiors into
their A380s."
"Some of the interiors are a disgrace and used 1970s thinking," Mr Clark told
Airlineratings.com.
"We put all our premium seats on the upper deck and economy on the main deck,
but others have mixed them which is inefficient."
"Our competitors laughed at us when we put showers and a lounge in the A380."
"But passengers love the showers and the lounge."
"The A380 is a great aircraft. If airlines don't believe they can fill an
A380 then their business model is wrong," said Mr Clark.
"Their marketing is all wrong."
Emirates has 55 A380s in service with orders for a further 85. However sales
to other airlines have almost dried up.
Airbus is considering an upgrade of the A380 -called the A380neo- with new
engines and aerodynamic improvements.
Mr Clark said the new model, if built, will have excellent economics, as good
as the Boeing 777X that Boeing will introduce in 2018.
"And we will buy 140 of the A380neos" Mr Clark told Airlineratings.com.
"As long as I am around I am going to continue to fight the battle for the
A380."
"This is a great aircraft and the world needs it."
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如標題,Airbus要是推出A380neo,Emirates將大買140架....
比先前的150架777-8/9還要跨張....
Emirates目前有55架In Service跟85架On Order中的A380-800
真的買A380neo大概是要替換這些的吧,但怎麼處理掉也是另一個問題

真。土豪

土豪!

0.0 好屌喔140架有種買模型的感覺

把飛機當模型買-.-

我連140架模型都沒有QQ

EK真是繼Pan Am之後新世代航空傳奇，一開頭就先宣告自己霸主地位，也順便洗其他航空公司的臉

EK先用A380定期飛TPE吧

葉問？

真壕

這只是夢而已，AIRBUS 根本沒更新的計劃，就這140也不夠

這根本是推坑 XD

挖石油真好

如果140架不夠的話....747-8怎麼辦....客+貨才119架而已

140架模型也沒有...... 挖石油真爽....印象中每桶原油開採成本20美金.........

其實杜拜石油產量不多,這140架也只是喊喊挖洞給Airbus

阿不就暴發戶心態= =我有這麼多錢就不管甚麼航線全用380飛

可是人家有賺錢呀 一台用A380飛五班倫敦 載客率還有90%*95%飛BKK一天三班380，三班777，也沒有虧呀

747-8 一開始可沒覺的會只賣那麼少，早知道的話根本就不會去作了，140架這種規模還不如不作

喊喊不用錢

至少EK嘴炮大家會羨慕忌妒恨 換國籍說買140架早被噴爆了

747-8 至少還不是整架創出來，有部分繼承老747

杜拜這幾年靠觀光業賺的錢應該比石油業賺的多很多...