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- Chief executive Anselm Gehling states that the disassembly plan will "satisfy and possibly even exceed the current expectations of our investors".
The very-large aircraft market has "not developed positively in recent years", he says, adding: "The ongoing negative discussion about the A380-800 has not led airlines to increasingly rely on this type of aircraft."
Against this backdrop, he deems the total revenue forecast, of around $80 million per aircraft, to be an "excellent achievement".
MSRP of an A380: Around $400m depending on when you bought it and how you decked it out.
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Sure - but then it's costing you money, not making you money. Boeing didn't build their A380 competitor (the rumor remains that they never intended to) because they knew there wasn't demand for it. And outside of Emirates, nobody flies A380s. Boeing has sold over 1500 747s.