Airbus A380
< Back to News
Airbus has discontinued manufacturing the A380. When this “superjumbo” aircraft began flying in 2007, many industry experts and flying enthusiasts believed that it represented the future of aviation. However, airlines struggled to fill seats on A380 flights.
淘汰 táo tài: eliminate through competition or selection
采购 cǎi gòu: to purchase products
翱翔 áo xiáng: to hover or soar
啧啧称奇 zé zé chēng qí: to click your tongue in astonishment
淘汰 táo tài: eliminate through competition or selection
採購 cǎi gòu: to purchase products
翱翔 áo xiáng: to hover or soar
嘖嘖稱奇 zé zé chēng qí: to click your tongue in astonishment
自从2007年商业航班首航起，空客A380就成了一道奇观，乘机旅客、机场员工和飞机狂迷无不啧啧称奇。
这架79.75米长的“超级巨像”极客机已经在蓝天上翱翔了十多年的时间，平均每班机搭载四百多位乘客，而且有时候它的实际载客量可以比平均值高出一倍还多。
A380客机最早是为富豪人群和飞行狂热爱好者打造的奢华远程飞行体验，这架机型最近似乎飞得离太阳太近了点。
今年二月十四日，空客公司管理层宣布他们不会再继续生产新的 A380客机,
因此，空客曾预估各大航空公司会采购1200架A380，销量却远远没有完成，最终比预估数字少卖了整整25%。
这种客机的淘汰最终应归罪于单纯的经济问题：采购这种机型加入编队的航空公司就是难以把航班塞满乘客。
随着空客公司最大的竞争对手波音公司开始生产、销售更新型的轻体客机，A380翱翔天际的日子已经屈指可数了。
自從2007年商業航空首航起，空客A380就成了一道奇觀，乘機旅客，機場員工和飛機狂迷無不嘖嘖稱奇。
這架79.75米長的“超級巨像”極客機已經在藍天上翱翔了十多年的時間，平均每班機搭載四百多位乘客，而且有時候它的實際載客量可以比平均值高出一倍還多。
A380 客機最早是為富豪人群和飛行狂熱愛好者打造的奢華遠程飛行體驗，這架機型最進似乎飛得離太陽太近了點。
今年二月十四日，空客公司管理層宣布他們不會再繼續生產新的 A380客機,
因此，空客曾預估各大航空公司會採購1200架 A380, 銷量卻遠遠沒有完成，最終比預估數字少賣了整整25%。
這種客機的淘汰最終應歸罪於單純的經濟問題：採購這種機型加入編隊的航空公司就是難以把航班塞滿乘客。
隨著空客公司最大的競爭對手波音公司開始生產，銷售更新型的輕體客機，A380翱翔天際的日子已經屈指可數了。
Since its first commercial flight in 2007, the Airbus A380 has been a thing of wonder for passengers, airport staff, and airplane aficionados to marvel at.
For over a decade, the 79.75-meter “superjumbo” plane has cruised through the skies, carrying an average of over 400 passengers, though at times, its capacity is said to have been more than double that.
Originally envisioned as a luxury long-haul flight experience for the über-rich and flying enthusiasts, the A380 seems to have flown too close to the sun.
In a February 14th announcement this year, Airbus executives confirmed they would no longer produce A380 aircraft.
As a result, Airbus fell well short of the 1,200 A380s they predicted various airlines would buy, ultimately selling less than 25% of that estimate.
The aircraft’s demise ultimately came down to issues of plain economics: airlines boasting the vessel as part of their fleet simply couldn’t fill their flights.
With newer, lighter-weight planes set to be produced and released by Boeing, one of Airbus’ chief competitors, the A380’s days in the sky are surely numbered.
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!
Feedback