Airbus and Emirates reach agreement on A380, sign new wide body orders – A380 production to end in 2021

Airbus was ready to put this to rest and move-on months ago except the outgoing CEO was holding-out for one last line item added to his legacy.
The real story here, in my mind, is how Boeing resisted the then mighty call for bigger, and, instead, acted upon its own market research and strategy.
I'm not a huge Boeing management fanboy, having to deal with similar for decades. But I have to give them a nod on this one. Airbus 0, Boeing 1

I wonder how many airports had to make changes, or were considering changes to infrastructure to accommodate this big fish? Ground handling, air bridges, spacing, taxiway limits, etc... Granted they will be in use for many years to come, just don't see too many 'new' markets opening up. [probably not stopping by DSM or CID anytime soon] Another cool footnote in the history of aviation. I am hoping all of the airframers have taken notes regarding market forecasts, fleet projections, development strategies. I am sure EADS has taken away all sorts of useful information from the billions invested. Hopefully one piece of information was "holy crap, that was an expensive gamble..."

Pretty hard to fly a small city to a few destinations.....plus you limit frequency.....

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I must say that this doesn’t surprise me!! Boeing saw this coming many years ago and halted production of the 747 in favor of twin engine widebody aircraft. The only exception is freighters and specialized military aircraft.

What I thought airbus ended production?

I may be all wet here, but I see a similarity between the A380 and the B777X. Both aircraft are centered primarily around one customer - Emirates. Both have lackluster sales. I hope I'm wrong about the B777X, but I am suspicious any time an aircraft is built for essentially one customer. Don't forget the L-1011's story.

So sad to see this.