Emirates' A380 Shift Poses Questions for Its Own Future - Bloomberg

Emirates' A380 Shift Poses Questions for Its Own Future - Bloomberg:

Emirates may be about to deal a fatal blow to the world’s largest aircraft.

Dubai’s national airline is considering switching 20 orders for Airbus SE A380 double-decker jets for the smaller A350 or new-engine variant of the A330, Benjamin Katz and Layan Odeh of Bloomberg News reported this month, citing people familiar with the matter.

It’s hard to see how the A380, on its last legs for several years, could survive such a cancellation: Of the 56 aircraft still on order with airlines globally, 53 of them are earmarked for Emirates. But such a move would pose questions for Emirates’ own future, too.