Originally Posted by florin

Apples and oranges. The US gov't is not the same thing as private airlines.


European vanity is a stupid assertion to make; I'm not going to respond to that.


I call BS. Do you have any evidence to support that? I think you're assuming that if a European airline bought the A380 then it must be for political reasons, and unless you have something to support it, I think it's BS. These are private airlines. These airlines also fly Boeings; it's not like they're all Airbus.


Do you have any numbers to back up this claim? How do you know that it doesn't make economic sense? The A380 is more economical in terms of CASM; unless the flights go out empty (and I don't think that's true), those flights make money. If you have any evidence, please provide it; otherwise please don't state your assumptions as facts.