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According to a thread on Anet, the ICAO has found the Whalebus creates an unbelievable amount of wake turbulence, requiring signifcantly greater separation for planes behind it, compared to the 747. If it requires twice as much time allowance for following jets to land or take off, the positive effect of stuffing more people onto fewer planes, one of Airbus' selling points to the airports which are investing heavily to accomodate the beast, is almost totally nullified.
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Originally Posted by Mirrodie
The A380 is a niche aircraft, but, for some carriers, there is a market for it. Carriers like Emirates who run into slot problems at airports, can fly a bigger aircraft instead of begging for more slots or try to rearrange the slots they have.
Would expect sales of the A380 to remain sluggish, until they can get approval to fly over 550 passengers, when they do that, some more sales could roll in.
In my opinion, there is a very small market for an aircraft the size of the A380.