Emirates Faces Dilemma Over Giant Jets in Shrunken Travel Market - Bloomberg:
A year ago Emirates thought it had resolved its A380 problem by cutting back its final batch on order. Now the coronavirus has presented the Dubai-based carrier with a fresh headache around the superjumbo.
With travel demand set to be subdued for years to come, the mammoth jet built by Airbus SE risks becoming a white elephant in a world where reduced demand for long-haul flights favors more modestly sized wide-bodies.
Emirates will respond by retiring a chunk of its A380 fleet, people with knowledge of the plan have said. But with the Gulf airline alone in building its business around a double-decker model that won precious few orders elsewhere, options for offloading the planes are limited.
Here are the hard choices facing the world’s biggest long-haul carrier:
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