the company flirted with a joint project with rival boeing before starting work on the a three eighty in two thousand and two production was carefully divided across the e.u. the wings in the u.k. the landing gear in spain assembly in germany and finishing in france billions of euros in government subsidies kept things moving and angered rival boeing the final product brought volume to the airlines they could pack in more than eight hundred fifty passengers in a single flight if the market increasingly demanded the opposite smaller twin engine planes that could fly directly to their final destinations like the boeing dreamliner or airbus is a three fifty the massive a three eighty travel between hubs as competition grew across the industry and margins tightened unsold seats in the a three eighty became even more expensive for the airlines. emirates was said to be the only airline that could operate the jet on the necessary scale as late as last year it seemed the airline might keep the
draws millions to the city is a big business but it is facing big threats to. welcome to do business i want to get jones in berlin good to have you with us ed was announced today that it will end production off its a c three eighty passenger jet in twenty twenty one the move could also lead to massive job cuts now abas pulled the plug after a major orders by australia s quantas alanson to dubai s emirates were cancelled the iconic super jumbo once promised to revolutionize commercial air travel but failed to deliver on expectations. the era of the airbus a three eighty super jumbo passenger jet is coming to a close being a three eighty took off for the first time in two thousand and eight and seats five hundred passengers the company had hoped that the plane would squeeze out boeing s. seven forty seven and revolutionize air travel passengers
emirates canceled orders let s take a look now at the world s biggest airliner. the optimism alone could have lifted the massive jet liner at its two thousand and five unveiling in toulouse to a three eighty wasn t just the future of aviation but the symbol of what the e.u. strive to be unified industrious competitive as is stunned triomphe it s a triumph of european science of and european engineering schools but the a three eighty was more than a symbol it was a product in a competitive market and that market was indeed moving to bigger jets when air bus began talking about a super jumbo in the early one nine hundred ninety s. the company flirted with a joint project with rival boeing before starting work on the a three eighty in two thousand and two production was carefully divided across the e.u. the wings in the u.k. the landing gear in spain assembly in germany and finishing in france billions of euros in government subsidies kept things moving and angered rival boeing the final
could have lifted the massive jet liner at its two thousand and five unveiling in toulouse a three eighty wasn t just the future of aviation but the symbol of what the e.u. strive to be unified industrious competitive as is strained triomphe is a triumph of european science of and european engineering schools but the a three eighty was more than a symbol it was a product in a competitive market and that market was indeed moving to bigger jets when air bus began talking about a super jumbo in the early one nine hundred ninety s. the company flirted with a joint project with rival boeing before starting work on the a three eighty in two thousand and two production was carefully divided across the e.u. the wings in the u.k. the landing gear in spain assembly in germany and finishing in france billions of euros in government subsidies kept things moving and angered rival boeing the final product brought volume to the airlines they could pack in more than eight hundred fifty passengers in a
what the e.u. strive to be unified industrious competitive as is stein triomphe it s a triumph of european science of and european engineering schools but the a three eighty was more than a symbol it was a product in a competitive market and that market was indeed moving to bigger jets when air bus began talking about a super jumbo in the early one nine hundred ninety s. the company flirted with a joint project with rival boeing before starting work on the a three eighty in two thousand and two production was carefully divided across the e.u. the wings in the u.k. the landing gear in spain assembly in germany and finishing in france billions of euros in government subsidies kept things moving and angered rival boeing the final product brought volume to the airlines they could pack in more than eight hundred fifty passengers in a single flight if the market increasingly demanded the opposite smaller twin engine planes that could fly directly to their final destinations like the boeing