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Airbus' A380 is the largest civil airline in history, which has played a huge role in promoting the development of Airbus and the world's aviation industry. The A380 has also been very popular historically, such as the UAE's aircraft, which ordered more than a hundred units a year.
But in 2021, this "sky overlord" completely stopped production and no longer produced new A380s, that is, the A380 program will also become history, replaced by new orders.
But no one expected that a few years later, the A380 would become "hot" again, and the UAE bought the A380 from the second-hand market for $35 million**. According to his estimates, the stock price will continue to be ** in the future, and it will not exceed $30 million.
Recently, Emirates also placed an order for an old Airbus A380, a new double-decker aircraft, from an aircraft company in the UK.
Many people want to know, the A380 is no longer worth much, why do people in the UAE continue to buy new ones? Could it be that because there are not enough commercial airliners, they can only use the A380?
In fact, this is not the case, those old passenger planes in the UAE, when they are transported to Dubai, have been disassembled into parts and then used to replace their old models. According to industry experts, the number of A380s in the UAE is not small, and as the service life increases, the parts of these models will become obsolete, so they have to buy some older models of A380s from Airbus as a "parts library" to keep the aircraft running.
In other words, the newly bought A380 will become their spare parts warehouse.
Interestingly, the UAE has also said that they want the A380 aircraft, and they want more orders. The sales of A380 will soon soar again, and the only regret is A380. What's more, this state of affairs simply can't last long. If there are no new parts to replace, the A380 is finished.
To put it mildly, the "alternative" of relying on second-hand aviation parts to solve the problem is not a wise approach, as they have a limited number of parts and Airbus can no longer build the A380.
Speaking of which, Emirates is really "pitted" by Airbus.
The UAE did take a fancy to the A380 at the beginning, and plans to buy 178 units. But many people are skeptical, which worries the airline. The United States, in particular, has been persuading other countries not to buy the A380. Originally, he wanted to use A380 to seize the market, but he didn't expect that A380 did not conform to the current aviation industry.
Many companies that bought this plane are losing money. As a result, they wanted to order more than 100 airliners, but Airbus and the European Union rejected them, and it took a lot of time to convince Boeing. In the end, they compromised and bought 123 units. Of all the airlines, they are the most purchased.
Because of this, they are now in an awkward position.
It won't be long before they can buy a new batch of A380s, but they don't know how long they can fly in the sky. The current situation is not easy to judge. What do you think about this? Please leave a comment, like, share here!
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