On Wednesday Airbus Chief financial officer Harald Wilhelm was quoted in the media that Airbus might decide to stop production at the end of the decennium. According to Airbus CEO Fabrice Brégier today the A380 will break even during the next few years and that the aircraft manufacturer will have to decide between an upgrade or production stop.
More seats in the A380 might help to attract new customers. Airbus hasn't sold any A380 to airlines this year, but cancelled a six-aircraft order from the Japanese carrier Skymark Airlines.
Airbus has delivered 149 A380s and the backlog counts 169 aircraft. But the backlog includes several orders of which it is highly uncertain whether the airlines involved will ever put the aircraft into service: Virgin Atlantic, Hong Kong Airlines, Air Austral and possibly leasing company Amedeo which has 20 aircraft on order, but has difficulty to find customers.
So far Emirates is the only customer publicly showing interest in an upgraded version of the Superjumbo, the so-called "A380neo".
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