A380’s large size did not match a changing market

The Airbus A380 was an airliner that fell behind the times, both in the market it was designed to serve and in the technologies that made it such a novel passenger proposition. The A380 entered commercial service on Oct. 25, 2007, with Singapore Airlines. The first flight from Singapore to Sydney...

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