"me" wrote in message
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> On Oct 18, 2:05 pm, "William Black"
> wrote:
> [snip]
>> a process that started last year,
>> last twenty years or so, which brings us back to the A380 and its useful
>> operational lifespan.
>
> And to the original point that Airbus may spend the better
> part of 2 decades investing in and building the "last big plane"
> because
> the world market continues to move in the direction of smaller
> (which is hardly the same as small) aircraft going to more airports.
Almost certainly, the old Soviet Empire has plenty of runways and just
needs some decent airport buildings.
After the development of the Far East they just won't need them any more.
But I think they will need the A380, if only to keep seat prices down...
>> I'd love to see it happen sooner, my dear wife owns some of the property
>> concerned, but it's going to take a couple of decades...
>
> But if history is any guide, and Boeing is right, it will happen.
>
In the long term, yes.
In the long term, we're all dead...
--
William Black
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.
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