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A380 axed: Airbus to stop making largest passenger jet, 3500 jobs on line

Production of the jumbo jet will end by 2021, after the A380's biggest customer, Emirates, and a handful of remaining buyers receive their last orders.

Airbus A380 superjumbo. Photo: Reuters
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Airbus A380 superjumbo. Photo: Reuters

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Airbus SE decided to stop making the A380 double-decker after a dozen years in service, burying a prestige project that won the hearts of passengers and politicians but never the broad support of airlines that instead preferred smaller, more fuel-efficient aircraft.

Production of the jumbo jet will end by 2021, after the A380’s biggest customer, Emirates, and a handful of remaining buyers receive their last orders. The Gulf carrier will pare down its current A380 order to 14 from 53, Airbus said in a statement on Thursday. Emirates said separately it would purchase 70 smaller A330neo and A350 widebodies listed