Was there a big crash? No. Thus, the analogy to the Titanic doesn’t work. The A380 is a good airplane, but the world of air traffic has changed during the last 15 years. New airlines emerged in the Middle East, new airports, especially in the Middle East and Eastern Asia, play a more important role. European airports cannot expand that easy, many have ran out of free slots. But still, the number of passengers is rising worldwide. Therefore the trend is towards more direct flights instead of transporting people first to a hub and then transport the people from their to their real destination. The people themselves prefer it anyway. But the A380 was especially useful for this hub-centered world, as it cannot land and dock to most airports. Therfore, Airbus management pulled the ripcords. That is all about it. Economically driven decision, like thousands of similar ones made every day on different levels in different industries. Only that the Airbus 380 was an exceptionally big product on several scales, physically, economically, technically and politically. But still, a quite normal decision and no one is to be blamed for anything.
Was there a big crash? No. Thus, the analogy to the Titanic doesn’t work. The A380 is a good airplane, but the world of air traffic has changed during the last 15 years. New airlines emerged in the Middle East, new airports, especially in the Middle East and Eastern Asia, play a more important role. European airports cannot expand that easy, many have ran out of free slots. But still, the number of passengers is rising worldwide. Therefore the trend is towards more direct flights instead of transporting people first to a hub and then transport the people from their to their real destination. The people themselves prefer it anyway. But the A380 was especially useful for this hub-centered world, as it cannot land and dock to most airports. Therfore, Airbus management pulled the ripcords. That is all about it. Economically driven decision, like thousands of similar ones made every day on different levels in different industries. Only that the Airbus 380 was an exceptionally big product on several scales, physically, economically, technically and politically. But still, a quite normal decision and no one is to be blamed for anything.