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Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:
Three days after warning the A380 might not have a future, Airbus says it will likely keep making the plane into the 2030s.
The turnaround came after Dubai-based Emirates placed an order for 20 more of the behemoths, with options for another 16. The carrier already has 101 A380s in its fleet and had already ordered another 41. The airline therefore has plans to acquire 178 of the planes, but won't ever operate that many as some of the newly-ordered machines will replace older models.
Airbus said the deal will "will provide stability to the A380 production line" and let it keep making the superjumbo for years. Which is great news for the thousands of people around the world who make the plane or parts of it, and for Airbus itself.
[...] The company still hopes that carriers other than Emirates will pick up the plane, which it positions as ideal for routes to popular destinations where landing slots are at a premium. Airbus expects more cities will acquire that status as airline traffic grows.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by realDonaldTrump on Saturday January 20 2018, @07:05AM
This deal is great news for American workers, because United Technologies and General Electric make big, big parts that go into EVERY A380!
Airbus has a beautiful factory in Mobile. Where they build the A320 (very popular). And the Bombardier CSeries. American workers love to build planes! Airbus makes beautiful helicopters, and our American military needs a lot of helicopters. But Airbus has to play ball. They need to stop selling to Iran, it's a terrorist country. And they need to follow ITAR, they made some sales that look VERY CROOKED. If they clean up their act, we can make some fabulous deals, believe me.