March 17 was a bittersweet day for aviation geeks. With the departure of flight MSN 272 from Toulouse, production of the A380 — the world’s biggest passenger aircraft — came to an end.
After 15 years, one of the boldest experiments in aviation had been scuppered — not by Covid-19, but by the development of smaller, more efficient aircraft capable of carrying passengers non-stop to their long-haul destinations.
Yet as the aviation industry races against the climate clock to bring down carbon emissions, there may still be a case to bring back a new version of the superjumbo.
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