and at the berlin international film festival a film tells a story of a same sex marriage in spain one hundred years before it was legalized but it s caused controversy because it s produced by netflix. i m suing so misconducts good to have you with us air bus is a pulling the plug on its largest plane the a three eighty it was supposed to revolutionize air travel but it never really took off it is a plane that was beloved by pilots and passengers but in the end it just didn t have enough orders from airline customers now the a three eighty represents a more than twenty billion dollars in development costs it s the world s largest passenger aircraft a double decker with a wingspan of almost eighty meters room for eight hundred fifty passengers and a range of. almost sixteen thousand kilometers enough to cover virtually any
engine plane think applied 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 a three eighty aloft embers and i have no doubt with we will produce create three eighty s. . even ten years from now that hope quickly faded emirates waffled on its order and has now announced it will reduce the number of the new jetliners for air bus and perhaps the e.u. as well an abrupt end to a thirty year old vision. of a more now with his very own kristoff over his joining us from business so i mean what kind of impact is this likely to have. because they were really banking big on
the future of the three d. itself the australian airline ordered the jets in two thousand and six but since then they ve switched to lighter more fuel efficient passenger jets a worldwide trend the a three eighty is too heavy and uses too much jet fuel which wouldn t be as much of a problem if fuel prices had gone down but instead they ve almost doubled since twenty sixteen. so it s not surprising that another major air bus customer is taking off to the dubai airline emirates allegedly wants to cancel its existing orders for fifty three units at least in part that could mean the end of the world s largest passenger aircraft. so the a three eighty certainly hasn t been airbus is a cash cow with a price tag of nearly half a billion dollars it s been a steadily steady contributor to the company s revenue and overall air bus has managed to put two hundred thirty four of the super jumbos in the air not bad at all but the golden times of roughly eighty orders per year those are all but over
extended to gas problem it would mean that the project in its current form at least could not proceed. four hundred forty five million dollars that s the price tag for a single. us the super jumbo was supposed to revolution revolution allies long haul flights but now it s turning into a terribly expensive shelf the australian airline quantas just for withdrew its order for eight of the jets and that puts a four billion dollar hole in their buses bank account is the time to scrap the a three eighty. it s the largest passenger plane in the world the a three eighty used the pride and joy of the european aircraft group airbus but as orders for the a three eighty kept plummeting the group was forced to reduce annual production from thirty to just eight aircraft this year and those eight have yet to be delivered. quantas dropping the planes represents a four billion u.s. dollars loss for the european aircraft manufacturer and it s raised doubts about
three eighty kept plummeting the group was forced to reduce annual production from thirty to just eight aircraft this year and those eight have yet to be delivered. quantas dropping the planes represents a four billion u.s. dollars loss for the european aircraft manufacturer and it s raised doubts about the future of the three d. itself the australian airline ordered the jets in two thousand and six but since then they ve switched to lighter more fuel efficient passenger jets a worldwide trend the a three eighty is too heavy and uses too much jet fuel which wouldn t be as much of a problem if fuel prices had gone down but instead they ve almost doubled since twenty sixteen so it s not surprising that another major air bus customer is taking off to the dubai airline emirates allegedly wants to cancel its existing orders for fifty three units at least in part that could mean the end of the world s largest passenger aircraft. so the a three eighty certainly hasn t been airbus is