Airbus Handed A380 Lifeline With $16B Emirates Order
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.<p>Emirates, having half the frames out, keeps the program going which means they don't get trapped in maintenance hell.<p>Funny to look back at the messages a few days ago here on HN saying it will "obviously not happen".