Originally Posted by
edy4eva
If you ask me what's my biggest gripe, I'd say it's the consumer behaviour for aircraft purchases and the lack of development/manufacturing in the region. If I was to blow 50 bil on an aircraft order, I'd want it to be locally designed and assembled, and a large chunk of the supply chain established locally. But of course we're getting into another layer of reality, that of policy and even politics where the whole airline group is perhaps viewed as a vehicle to a goal, not the goal itself.
I guess you are underestimating one point here.
Right now, the European taxpayers are helping out Emirates. Producing the A380 is a big big black hole for Airbus.
If production would take place in Dubai in a co-op., you would be forced to pay for your own losses producing aircraft at a certain cost and selling it below the cost of production
I see your point, China is demanding a certain chunk of production in the car and aviation segment, but I guess EK is doing way better letting Europe handle the production of the A380 and demand the lowest price possible.
It was interesting to see Clark losing it last week. I fear the moment Airbus starting thinking about the A380, the first lessors started calling him demanding higher monthly payments due to lower potential residual values after the original lease period.
Of course, he is right, a A380Neo would really rock, even new engines would help, not to mention new materials. I fear the A380 was the most outdated plane that ever started flying commercially.