ABSTRACT
But no new A380 order was taken in 2015 – and the current order book stands at 317 units, with the cost break-even point for Airbus now believed to be standing at as high as 420 units (from 270 initially) as a result of delays in production and detrimental currency fluctuations between the euro and the US dollar. The A380 is heir and rival to the Boeing 747 jumbo jet in the so-called Very Large Aircraft (VLA) family, for which the maximum combined market size is believed to be between 700 and 1,700 aircraft.
