a big bite big bite out of the additional revenue that you get with more passengers but the same time the aviation market is expanding passenger numbers are growing one would have to look perfect conditions for a launch plane with lots of passengers to thrive and yet the struggling that s true but only in some part the a three eighty is a bet on the future so back in the nine hundred ninety s. when the project was thought about airbus predicted that pass or the numbers would increase so much that this plane would be a good idea for airlines. when it comes to travel between major hubs airports like new york like london like shanghai these places indeed passenger numbers have increased but rather than going to these big hubs people say well i would like to fly or out of my my home airport also long distance and for these kind of connections the a three eighty is not the right plane it s simply too big absolut you have the odd. some reports in fact christophe that the eight three eighty