Emirates Airline cancelled its order and options for 20 Airbus A340 aircraft.\u00c2\u00a0 This cancellation comes after earlier announcements from Airbus about further delays for the A380 aircraft.\u00c2\u00a0 Emirates is Airbus’s largest customer with an order of 45 A380 aircraft for a total around $13.5 billion.\u00c2\u00a0 The A380 is a superjumbo jet, the worlds largest, with a double-decker 555-seat capacity.\u00c2\u00a0 Emirates doesn’t seem to be satisfied with the delays and can’t really do much.\u00c2\u00a0 I believe that this cancellation of the A340 was made easier following the delays of the A380.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 As well, Emirates is supposidly sending an engineering team to Airbus’s manufacturing facilites in Toulouse, France to gather data on how long they estimate the planes will take to construct.\u00c2\u00a0 My feelings are that Airbus better put on a good show or another 45 airplane deal could very well be cancelled.\u00c2\u00a0 I wonder what kind of compensation Emirates would have to pay for cancelling such a large order?\u00c2\u00a0 … $100 million??\u00c2\u00a0 Either way, Emirates won’t be able to escape these delays easily.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Emirates Airline cancelled its order and options for 20 Airbus A340 aircraft.\u00c2\u00a0 This cancellation comes after earlier announcements from Airbus about further delays for the A380 aircraft.\u00c2\u00a0 Emirates is Airbus’s largest customer with an order of 45 A380 aircraft for a total around $13.5 billion.\u00c2\u00a0 The A380 is a superjumbo jet, the worlds largest, with … Continue reading Emirates Strikes Back<\/span>