Originally Posted by
kanderson1965
As can be seen from BA’s fleet replacement programme, airlines are generally moving away from large fleets of identical aircraft towards a mix of different aircraft types, in order to allow flexibility. The A380 unfortunately is not a particularly flexible aircraft and has limited use in most airlines fleets.
BA appears not to have any difficulty filling their A380s, in my experience on regular A380 routes those aircraft usually go out with very few (if any) empty seats.