HUGE MISTAKE OR HUGE SUCCESS? AIRBUS ALL IN ON NEED FOR A380 - BUT BOEING STILL DOUBTFUL
Oct. 25: The A380 to begin commercial service between Singapore and Sydney, Australia.
FUTURE
Mid-2010: Lufthansa Airlines scheduled to take delivery of the first of Boeing's bigger 747-8 jets. Lufthansa will already be operating the A380 starting in 2009.
20XX: Airbus eventually plans to stretch the A380 to carry about 100 more passengers. Airbus has not given a development timetable.
Source: Airbus, The Boeing Co., P-I reporting
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