United States based A380?

[gonzalu]

Those four giant engines suck a lot of juice which Emirates might be buying at substantially lower prices from their oil fields (this is pure speculation on my part).

I wonder if when they buy here for the return trip, they pay full price or do they get special deals or some sort of exchange etc. I do bet at home, fuel is either free or close to it

[RomNYC]

Haha Kenny. I gotta admit, I've never been a fan of the A380, shape-wise (and I'm European!). But flying it made me realize the advance that they achieved: double-decker, they can claim they were first on that forever. SILENCE: this big animal is incredibly quiet inside. Comfort: you barely feel turbulence. And those WINGS: it is only when you sit inside by the wings that you realize how huge this thing is... How they managed to put in in the air is still incredible achievement to me.

But of course, tastes differ

[NIKV69]

Why should any US carrier even consider it? Probably will never see it. Only two carriers that can benefit with multiple are Qantas and Singapore. Only reason Emirates can buy so many is they have endless capital. Be curious to see what happens if fuel really spikes again.

[Delta777LR]

US carriers have already looked at the A380 along time ago and from what I see, they dont express any interest as they dont really need them. Airlines like UA, DL, AA may not even order the aircraft at any point. UA as example is replacing their 744s with A350s, DL might eventualy order the 77W or maybe the 748i to replace the 744s in the future, but who knows..

[NLovis]

Ugh the A380. I think there's jut too much competition from the native international carriers to justify an American based whale, especially when the equally as visually appalling B777 can do the trick perhaps at a more economical cost. Personally, I'd much rather see a surge of the B748 instead of that fat, stubby piece of crap. But that's just me.

Agreed 100% kenny. But the problem is US carriers are smart. They will go with the 777 first because of the fuel savings. As is not many bought the 744 because of the 777. As much as I would love to see the 747 make a comeback as long as the 777 is in production it will be the 1st choice of US carriers. AA didnt buy any 744 nor did DAL or CO. NWA UAL were the only ones and it doesnt look like UAL will buy a 748. Even till recently a US carrier didnt place an order for a 773. AA is the only one and they are only getting 2 of them. US carriers are looking for smaller more fuel efficient long range aircraft and sad to say I dont see that changing anytime soon.
Nikv fuel prices are already exploding. This will be when we really see DAL hurt on operating DC-9-50. Great A/C but those early JT8 burn gas. We will start seeing these fuel burning A/C drop again.