Tagged With "A380neo"

    It's been a fairly rough decade for the Airbus A380 jumbo jet.  Introduced as a plane for the masses, Airbus has had a hard time convincing airlines they should buy this massive aircraft which, depending on how it's configured, can...

Perhaps, in the end, the question is not really even one of size or fuel economy, but of passenger willingness to travel from home to "collection points" where they will change planes for their next destination. The Gulf carriers have made a specialty of that: Gather up Asia passengers from the U.S. and Europe and then sort them out and take them to India, China, Australia, etc., and do the same for passengers from those regions. That works as long as you have to make a change anyway. But...

I pretty much agree. I do think for many people convenience is the key factor. I'm usually willing to pay a little more for a direct flight than for a connecting one (because the connection is where you run into problems). And I don't think I'm alone in this observation. The airlines seem to think that price is king and for some people it certainly is. I think the A380s will succeed only if they are the cheapest planes around (lowest airfare). I can think of few things less appealing than...