It might sound weird in an era where the A380 is broadly considered a commercial failure (and where most airlines are going smaller, not bigger), but Emirates wants Airbus to build even bigger jets (than the ones currently filling the order books). This despite the Airbus A380 – already quite a large jet – falling out of favour worldwide as smaller, more cost-efficient jets fill up other airlines’ fleets.
Despite acknowledging the A380 is dead a couple of years ago, that still hasn’t stopped Emirates President Tim Clark from wishing Airbus would make a bigger product than they do now (the biggest jet Airbus currently makes is smaller than the A380,