Chitchat Another big screw up coming! We bought the wrong plane!

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A380, the biggest superjumbo from Airbus faces cancellation due to poor orders. Remember we bank Changi Airport on this plane by doubling our runways and terminals. The model is supposed to be the hub and spook model where everyone flies into Changi on superjumbos and then disperse to the rest of the region in smaller planes. Now with the event of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner there's no need to do. They can fly direct to say Phuket or Bali from San Fran without touching Sinkapore.
Another big colossal mistake looming up?
(Reuters) - Airbus (AIR.PA) will not abandon its A380 jumbo jet program despite slow sales, its chief executive told Les Echos newspaper, and needs more time to decide whether to redesign its engines as major customer Emirates Airline has requested.

Emirates, the leading buyer of the existing A380 jet with 140 orders, has been pushing Airbus to revamp the plane with newer engines, a move that could lower the number of seats airlines must sell to break even.

Airbus boss Fabrice Bregier appeared to rebuff the request in the interview with Les Echos published online on Sunday.

"We are already working on ways to make the A380 more attractive economically by adding seats while preserving the amazing comfort of the plane," he said.


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