Is Airbus officially making an A380-900 and 1000?

Real World Aviation
#1

Ive seen some virtualy phots of the A380-1000 and 900 but is this a hoax. Is airbus really making those??

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A380 sales declining?
#2

I think so. I heard that Kingfisher and Cathay want to order it.

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#3

I Hope A380-900 -1000 are revamped designs from A388. Since It Could be Wasting Money if Both Planes are Bigger Than A388. And A388 Havenā€™t recieved any Orders since 2014

#4

I know Emirates are keen for an A380 NEO! :) ;)

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#5

going a little off topic here: All this ā€œneoā€™ingā€ is getting ridicoulus. The A330neo for instance. why didnā€™t they derate the A358. Itā€™s a clean sheet design with the newest technology. Instead they re engine a plane with a 90ā€™s tube. For the A380: the neo is coming too soon imo

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#6

Kingfisherā€¦ They ceased operations in 2013. I remeber going on one of their flights in India at that time. Wikipedia says so.

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#7

Kingfisher canceled their A388 order so if the -800 is too much for them, the -900 or -1000 would be wayyy too big.

Heck, Kingfisher has ceased operations.

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#8

Hereā€™s my understanding of the future of the A380 program:

The current airplane is the A380-800.

EK and possibly SQ are interested in an A380neo/A380-800neo: Longer range, better fuel efficiency.

EK and possibly other airlines are interested in an A380-900neo: Stretched version of the A380neo.

Never heard a word spoken about the A380-1000 though.

The -800neo and -900neo are still proposals and have yet to be confirmed but very recently, Airbus has promised that theyā€™d improve the A380-800ā€™s efficiency somehow by 202? (year??).

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#9

This was originally planned but I doubt it now as the demand for Super Heavy aircraft is on a down right now. :smile:

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#10

Wasnā€™t kingfisher supposed to get the a389 years ago

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#11

It is confirmed that eventually Airbus will build an A380-900 and an A380neo

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#12

Link me please

#13

Actually Airbus canceled the order.

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#15

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#16

scroll down to variants

#17

@aernout, getting tired of that little A388?

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#18

On WIKI it only says they were thinking about it for the neo but obviously no conformation, I dint honk airlines want planes bigger then the A380-800 it will be even harder to sell

#19

Wayyyy to big šŸ˜

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#20

Is there a market for it? Not counting the Middle East carriers.