<story><title>Airbus Handed A380 Lifeline With $16B Emirates Order</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-18/emirates-orders-20-a380s-worth-9-billion-in-vital-program-boost</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>nolok</author><text>Great news for both, Airbus needed that to save the program, finally have a chance to reach profitability, and solve the chicken and egg problem of no-one is buying it because it looks like it will be stopped, it will be stopped because no one buys it.&lt;p&gt;Emirates, having half the frames out, keeps the program going which means they don&amp;#x27;t get trapped in maintenance hell.&lt;p&gt;Funny to look back at the messages a few days ago here on HN saying it will &amp;quot;obviously not happen&amp;quot;.</text></comment>
<story><title>Airbus Handed A380 Lifeline With $16B Emirates Order</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-18/emirates-orders-20-a380s-worth-9-billion-in-vital-program-boost</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>_ph_</author><text>Great news. That should keep the A380 alive long enough to clearly see how the airplane market is developing. Currently, its all about 2-engined airplanes, but I cannot believe, that there is no need for the large airplanes like 747 and the A380. The amount of air travel is still growing year over year and once the production is shut down, it would means a certain class of airplanes is just unavailable.</text></comment>