the total developmental cost of the airbus a380 was €18 billion.
the total developmental cost of the airbus a380 was €18 billion.
what was the total developmental cost of the airbus a380?
€18 billion
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in 2000, the projected development cost was €9.5 billion. in 2004 airbus estimated that €1.5 billion ($2 billion) would need to be added, totalling the developmental costs to €10.3 billion ($12.7 billion) in 2006, airbus stopped publishing its reported cost after reaching costs of €10.2 billion and then it provisioned another €4.9 billion, after the difficulties in electric cabling and two years delay for an estimated total of €18 billion.
airbus a380
air france signed as a launch customer for the airbus a380-800 "superjumbo" in 2001. air france had ordered 12 airbus a380-800 aircraft, with options on a further two. air france was the first airline in europe to operate the a380. the first a380 was delivered on 30 october 2009, and the paris to new york route was used as the first route. all of air france's airbus a380s depart from the airline's international hub at charles de gaulle airport in terminal 2e (main terminal, satellites 3 and 4). in 2018, the chairman and ceo of air france-klm, benjamin smith announced the airline would retire 50% of the airbus a380 fleet by 2021 due to expensive costs, poor efficiency, and in favor of adding more airbus a350-900s and boeing 787 dreamliners to the fleet. air france is only retiring the five aircraft that were leased to the airline by not renewing their leases and instead of returning them to directly to airbus. the five airbus a380 aircraft bought by air france will continue service from 2020 onwards with renewed cabins. on june 23rd, 2019, air france-klm began considering removing all of their airbus a380s earlier than planned due to concerns that investments for cabin retrofitting and economics won't work. this means that if air france-klm makes the decision to remove all their airbus a380s earlier than planned, the non-leased airbus a380s will never be seen with retrofitted and modernized cabins.
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