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I want. Just can't afford it. When I can, I will likely go for an Airship instead.

I have always wondered why not someone takes an Airbus 380 and build a functioning hospital inside? It is large enough to host operations rooms and sick beds for a fairly large number of people. And it could be flown to wherever it is needed, when there is a natural disaster. Imagine the UN having 5-10 of these to send out to the earthquake in Turkey, famines in Yemen, floods in Bangladesh and on and on.

All Emirates A380 have a full business class 2nd deck and at the back, there is a bar with seats. I had the pleasure of flying that from Singapore to Sau Paulo and back...via Dubai. And Dubai's Emirates Businees Class lounge there is probably the largest I have ever been to.

@@johns70 Because it's so big, it likely couldn't land anywhere near a natural disaster. Plane-based hospitals typically use smaller but more flexible aircraft, such as old MD-10s or 737s.

The last A380 was already delivered in 2021. The last passenger 747 delivered was years ago. The super-jumbo is slowly ageing out of service now.

I've been to other countries but never so far as Australia. I had to look up the cost on a first class A380 ticket. Definitely not for the faint of heart or light in the wallet.

How much was the ticket? That sounds like a vacation before the vacation.

Sounds pretty awesome!

@@jimhim585 I flew Sydney to London x Dubai with Emirates on the A380 in Business Class (work trip, it didn't cost me). The invoice from the travel company was about AUD13,000 or about USD9,000. It varies quite a bit but it's definitely not a cheap way to fly. It is incredible though. If money wasn't an issue then you wouldn't want to fly any other way.

Which is sadly why it must die. The profits could be more easily extracted in a far greater amount from other planes while causing suffering and lowering overhead. It sucks

@@WhatWillYouFindMood killer. XD

I saw the building process on the Discovery channel as a small kid, 2017 when i was about to fly to USA I realised it was an a380. I became the 8 year old boy again. By far the most comfortable airplane i have been on, especially for a economy seat.

@@WhatWillYouFind I still hope Airbus make a A360. Slightly smaller twin engine aircraft based on A350 with the new much more efficient ultrafan engines. There is still a need for a very large aircraft. Now when neither 747 and A380 is in production, and 777x is partly old, and partly still to small for a lot of routes, it kind of make sense. While it can be argued that A380 was to large, i would say the main flaw of it was that it was made just years before swiching to high bypass engine and carbon fiber construction. Long and short of it, A380 was dated alreddy when it first flew.

Hey do you think you can give me one of the engineers contact info I would love to offer my ideal for new safety seats for Airbus

How much he have pension ?!

Shower in a plane?????

@@XVNRX yup look up Emirates A380 first class shower in KZfaq

​@@XVNRXDid you not watch the actual video??

@@XVNRX Yup and a bar at the rear of the top deck

They do what now? Are you sure? That blows my frickin miiiind yo....

Didn't he (Simon) say that these would need airport modifications in the states?

@@jimmahr.4665 presumably some American airports can handle it, just not enough to warrant an American airline picking it up, as most airlines in America do a large amount of domestic flights, I assume in this case it was Lufthansa or similar flying into one of the airports that could handle it, then flying back

​@@jimmahr.4665if you Google it there are a number of US airports including Atlanta Dallas and others that have made modifications and been approved for a 380 landings.

Yep. Both want things that contradict each other. Usually revolving around Cost, Space/Comfort & Convenience.

Too big these days to fill up for long haul flights and be profitable. It's very expensive to operate in general, lots of ground support, few supporting airports, lots of maintenance parts on a small fleet number. The new top long haul plane is more like the 787, 777, 737 Max and airbus equivalents. You can fill them up easier, operation is cheaper with less ground support required and smaller airports supported. Some you can do direct flights instead of requiring hub and spoke to consolidate tons of people to get a super heavy aircraft filled up for 1 flight.

@@Jaker788 Better for the airlines, not better for the passengers. All of those aircraft are noisier, more cramped and less comfortable than the A380. Using small aircraft for long-haul flights is poor, second-rate service. Unless they are charging substantially less, they are ripping-off customers.

@@Pushing_Pixels A direct flight is going to be significantly faster transit time and a more comfortable experience. Also I wouldn't say a 777, or especially 787 are uncomfortable at all, they're built for long haul. I would say if someone has not flown in both then there can be no opinion drawn, at best you can get the information I provided by a little Google research.

Arguably that spot has actually been taken over by smaller wide bodies like the 777 and the A350, these also have a longer operational range than the A380. Heck, even the smaller airbus planes, and the 737 have been becoming more and more fuel efficient.

Switching to sardine cans for long-haul flights is very anti-customer of Qantas. Unless the flights have become cheaper, they are ripping off their passengers.

That my flight. Been on a380 to Sydney twice and now 787 was a major downgrade. You could walk around and enjoy the flight on a380. No space on 787 to stand up and stretch legs. Sad to see it go. Thanks for probably being my crew on a few flights!

Yup now it’s only the single 787 Qantas flight going into Dallas everyday. Sucks.

787 Dreamliner is a fine plane unless you're a whiner, just sayin'.

​@@steviej359you must be short, some of us are 6"7 so we need more height / leg room

Emirates just refurbish theirs fleet, it will stay in the air for at least next 20 years

How?

@@hededcdn they refurb 67 A380 to operates well till 2040s kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rK2mq82BqLraYHU.html

I go to the Philippines from Florida reasonably often and normally fly in the 777. I dread the 20+ hour flights every time. Last leg home last time flew in the A350 and ACTUALLY slept well enough to sleep through one of the meal services! It was amazing! On the 777 I could never get more than like 45 minutes of sleep, actually got like 5-6 hours on the A350! Amazing plane!

You must have totally different trains to where I am, or you're experience is the opposite of every one else here

@@benmac940 Maybe he means like the gangbang version of "train"

​@@benmac940He is probably comparing the A380 to the silky smooth and quiet Shinkansen of Tokyo, Japan rather than those old trains of Mumbai, India.

@titob.yotokojr.9337 I've been on trains in a few countries and I wouldn't describe any as silky smooth

By trains, I would compare the A380 to the Eurostar across the Chunnel.

Toulouse roads had to be widened for the A380 parts to be delivered for assembly. They would drive them in at like 3am-6am. I worked next to Blagnac Airport (TLS) but never flown on one. Was it like a cruise ship?

Your comfort is not cost effective

Maybe if airbus had designed and built a cargo version of the 380 it would have been more widely adopted

Terrible business class. At least on British airways. Tiny and the upstairs is hot as hell.

Does it have a swim pool and waterslide?

Must be DFW.

DFW huh? 1 A380 per day

@@veeeevo Yep only BA flies into DFW currently. EK flies the 777-300ER now into the airport and QF the 787

@@johniii8147 I just saw the Japan & Emirates 777 from my balcony this morning. Usually see the Qatar 350 and the BA A380 when I’m out running/walking at dusk. I think my favorite plane coming here is the Korean Airs. The turquoise blue is so pretty. I’ve only seen the 777, but I’ve seen on radar that 747 and 787 models come here too

I can understand that "feeling" but I bet there are those who can work out the wing area to weight, or what ever, to proove there is no problem at all. It's funny, but if you see a small boat doing 40 knots, you know it's fast, but if you see an aircraft carrier doing 40 knots it doesn't look fast at all.

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How does this hold up 7 months later?

@@concept5631 still exactly the same. The people that said they were bringing them back have brought them back.

@@skatman3278 Based as fuck

But that's not because they love A380. It's caused by delays in delivery of the new widebody they ordered. B777-9, B787 and A350. So instead of leasing new plane and paying extra money, they just reactivate A380 which they already got.

A good ally, a good industry. She a big, beautiful girl.

Was that across from Clearwater arpt? Used to be Smiths aerospace?

Airbus and GE have been together since Airbus came into being if I'm not mistaken and there are many American components in Airbus aircraft.

And these boneheads today are saying things like “we don’t manufacture ANYTHING in the USA” We make the finest of damn near everything in that states.

@@ryanjones3043They say the same about the U.K. but the United Kingdom manufactures many high tech components for other manufacturers, including Jet engines and wings for the A380 and other technical components. The problem is the US and UK cannot compete with China and India when it comes to manufacturing it cheaper unless it’s automated.

The cowardly bean counters have won! Don't they always win in the end? :(

Me too! Such an amazing beautiful airplane.

@@raylopez99It works well for Emirates, because they’re one of the few airlines that still does the old school spoke and hub method of air travel (obviously with everything coming into Dubai). But most airlines have went to point to point travel, so the giant birds are, unfortunately, not great. I love both the A380 and the 747. Beautiful planes

@@raylopez99 Bean counters? It's because you want a cheaper flight. Duh.

@@Notme-tq4xs the a380 is cheaper to fly if you can fill them. The problem is for convenience airlines have moved away from shuttling so many people on flights. In america while most airports can launch or land a 380 successfully there are a handful that never extended their landing strips to be able to fly the plane successfully. so airlines had to make sure no 380s ended up on routes that coudnt' take them. It's also a concern when you have to reroute planes. It's not really the cost to fly the plane or the even the logistics of flying the planes. It's the ability to fill planes on route. It's just easier to fill smaller planes than the 380. The 380 is big and hold a lot but it's not worth flying with 60-80% capacity. If you have less than that you can simply sub in a 747 instead and save on fuel costs.

747 back before McDonnel Douglas bought Boeing? Because after they did Boeing basically became a criminal airline. Look up all their fines and crashes due to crappy workmanship, design and cutting costs at the demise of safety. Look at the safety records of both comapnies and it will tell what the better plane is.

a special place in your world trade center indeed

@@mgntstr Those were 767s idiot.

747 damned near killed me with CO2

@@mgntstrboth flights were 767, not 747

Not only that, they were also designed to be super efficient on fuel, that lowered the running costs😀I felt SAFE flying in an A380

I only went on one once, but in poor people class from Japan to Germany. I suppose being downstairs next to the wing isn't as impressive as being upstairs, it didn't seem particularly quiet. It was certainly "rock solid", turbulence felt like mild waves rocking a boat at anchor.

Nah, 787 is the quietest

About equal to a 787 if you're on the lower deck in my experience, however if you're on the upper deck it's so quiet it's amazing. I also love how over engineered the wings are, it can take off so slowly you barely feel a thing. Flying out of YVR once I saw ground speed was only 90ish mph and we were in the air - I was in awe.

from 26 hours in 2 A380 from NZ to Frankfurt, i slept the most time really good, unlike in the 767, 777s or MD11 i flew before!

You clearly never been inside an Boeing MAX ! Airbus is just CRAP !

@@davidajayi1207 It was till I flew on an A350-1000, that shit was whisper quiet

I’ve been on dozens of Emirates A380 flights and they truly are some of the best

You’re doing God’s work

Thank you

17:20 why doesn't anyone want it?

How many air waitresses have you mile-high-clubbed?

And what is the pilot's favorite plane? And how many is he qualified on?

I like the dimmable windows, makes for great photo taking opportunities and is just a cool feature.

They already have the airbus a 350. In my opinion its even more comfortable than the a 380

Paid shill

The problem with making a replacement for the A380 is that there isn’t a market for such large passenger jets. Long haul routes are the exception compared to the much more common and profitable mid-range routes, for which the 737 MAX and A320neo are well positioned, and Airbus has already developed the next generation of aircraft for this purpose in the A350.

I am pretty sure there would be an major new passenger aircraft designs. Global Oil Production peaked in 2018 and is now in decline. Fuel prices will rise resulting in much higher travel costs, which will eventually doom the airlines.

A bit of a Concorde moment - much like supersonic passenger travel will likely never be a thing again, soon the A380 will likely also be a relic of the past. Really sad, I just hope to fly in one before they are all retired.

@@ghaznavid yeah the "hub and spoke" travel thing was already sketchy to begin with, which is why Boeing pulled out and focused on the big twinjet 787. Point-to-point won out in the end. A380 is the biggest we're going to get IMO.

It's not gone you realise right? Almost all airlines that were flying them originally are still operating them. :/ Emirates fly them on many routes still.

@@elliott7268 Yes, but without new aircraft produced, the one in service will b eforced to retire due to age

@@technewseveryweek8332 the original comment used the past tense. The A380 is not currently available to fly. Emirates will still be flying them for at least 10 years.

Same reasons as behind the current decline of 747. They are great, but they are not economical for most airlines.

_"Oh, right. Yer unfired. I need you. Come here! What do you know about high society?"_

What does she do? 😮

Sooo true.

Flying long-haul in any other aircraft feels like a rip-off unless the seats are dirt cheap.

Seating design has nothing to do with the airframe manufacturer but with the airline and their leasing company,

@@bumpy783, Yes and no. BA A320 doesn’t feel as roomy or comfortable as A380 in economy.😉

@@truebras That’s because BA choose to make the seats closer in short haul flights. BA could fill an entire A320 with roomy first class seats seats if they wanted too, but they would lose money. One economy seat is not the same once the distance to the next seat in front changes.

They will continue to carry cargo for a few more decades

Not for long afer and they were only producing 6 per year in the final years. The final passenger version was delivered in 2017

the A380 doesn't have a cargo version

I'd always heard the 747 was more fuel efficient per passenger, at least the final versions, but the 777 was better than both.

Even more interesting is that Airbus got order for 150+ of these planes on last air expo.

Although it was pleasant for you, that particular flight probably lost money for the airline. Airlines only make money when their planes are flown with nearly all the seats occupied by paying passengers. A smaller aircraft could fly the same route with the same number of passengers as your half-empty A380 flight and turn a profit.

@@johnstuartsmith did you take classes in being a killjoy?

Sort of.... I took a bunch of classes in Economics, which is otherwise known as "the dismal science."

@@johnstuartsmith then maybe Bezos and the like. Because due to my entire life being ripped apart before that flight I couldn't have given less of a shit, was just a good experience

​@@johnstuartsmithmost American airlines at least don't make a profit on airplanes even at full capacity, they make money off of selling miles in order to provide cheap tickets. So actually he didn't cause the death of a poor airline flying during Covid.

Singapore airlines is trash 😂 what are you on about?

After 2 weeks in service it dam well should be "clean"

eh, yes. The 747 was produced many decades earlier. Not a fair competition. Overall the 747 was way more succesful and Boeing produced way more 747's than Airbus did with A380's. I hope Boeing will come with a modern sophisticated version of the 747

FYI, as for right now Emirates does not fly the A380 from Dallas only Houston.

But then you'd be in Dubai

​@@extragoogleaccount6061beats Houston.

@@elbaby2001 good to know

Dubai is garbage. Don't waste your time or money.

They now have another major wing cracking issue to deal with.

@@johniii8147even the 747 has cracking around the bulkhead

@@maxsaviation9512Yes I'm aware. The FAA has issued and AD for inspections and repairs if required.

well the wings are made in UK,, explains it all

@@andyb.1026They were designed by airbus.

😂😂😂

Done that on a cruise, and that wasn’t fun. It was like herding cattle. And everyone was screaming at us to keep moving. My mom got behind and I wasn’t allowed to go back and get her. I got screamed at for looking behind me to see where she was and was told to walk faster and stop looking back. 😂

Global Entry 😁

By far.

Thank you Sir! You did a fabulous job!

You must be in the UK then ?

Who are your rich divorced parents?!

@@Nymphadora45uvyu 👌❤️comment💯, my parents were so happy together, that would hold hands till my father died 15 year ago my mother died last yearva 98. My father's jobs took him all over - he was an Arabic scholar,& proficient in many African tribal languages - my mother, was a sort of 'Horse Whisperer, she was just a tad taller than 5feet tall,& had as all riding by 2,be it in England Scotland, Various parts of Africa, we had a house just outside Molo in the mountains of Kenya. My younger brother & sister were born in Yeman. Have a older brother from my father's first marriage & a wonderful & very beautifu, then & now where at 74 she still works for UN as a translator, not sure she'll ever choose to stop working, she lives in Brussels & still flies around a fair bit,her side hustleis translating books& Science papers. With a rribe like that,we were very comfortable, but, never rich. Having see true horror of starvation in Africa & around the world, I would say very extremely rich in in experience & taught to respect other cultures. We were all extremely rich in travel & reality of world & also the ability to travel after school. We lived off the Kings Road down behind Chelsea Town Hal,in a house my parents rentedl & am again,particularly in retrospect,aware of how lucky my childhood was. Around 14 I was headhunted by a talent scout & started modelling,acting, but,again having been privileged to grow up amongst some very famous people, the bulk being on onside or other of a camera. So I started using Concord as on many projects; time being more important than money. The clients of whatever campaign I was cast for paid for Concord,the only time I flew it,as not part of a job,was to use the return part of an Aunt's ticket. Most times I flew was 1st or business, to start with as a result of my father's contracts, which involved a certain style/type of wealth, that you might be thinking of. A private plane was again paid by client or corporate.But,TBH if I was just going on a short flight,I'd happily pay/go economy, which, more often than not bumped me up to Business class as I was such a frequent flyer, a lot of the lovely ground crew - who recognised me,just hand back my passport & boarding card & being super dyslexic & not wanting to jinx it ,I would only find out at the boarding gate or even on occasion as I was boarding the plane. On one excruciatingly embarrassing event happened when tha ground crew,upgraded me to first class,the man behind me in the queue became furious & actually shouting, the lovely lady at the desk pointed him in direction of a huge billboard/Advertisement of me ,which I'd not noticed - I always have a book in my bag,to keep me occupied - and explained that the wrong information had been sent to me & I was actually already booked as 1st class. The other reason it happened so often was,I had never asked/demanded to be upgraded & the ground crew said it was so refreshing not be shouted at OR even smiled at,but,the average irrational, demanding customer who is never going to be upgraded. I have a great friend from school who,has offered to fly me all over, his plane is epic, it has chill zone, dinning room & very comfortable beds, I was I Greece with an old school friend of the 3 of us, we were all going to the same wedding, he dropped Rich at Toulouse,then flew up to,Paris where he had meetings & I got him invited to an awesome party was going to,but,never thought in that style!! Because of my father's job & connections, I've always been blessed, being able to use helicopters, in Egypt, Kenya, Turkey & Oman. Myself & my siblings all used a helicopter in Kashmir to take first my father's ashes & last year my mother's to their favourite get away. A small wooden cabin in a valley with a stunning view of the mountains, we recreated a journey they made each years for about 60 years. No phone service,but,they had a satellite phone, literally no one for miles around , They had a driver & a cook ,always trying to time it for the utterly beautiful Blue Himalayan Poppies. It was like the sky was reflected on the ground. My mother brought back masses of seeds & the garden in Scotland looked amazing. Sorry for such a ramble,but, the most obvious supposition in not always true. Wishing you&yours very best wishes👋⭐️✌️

Emirates is a state owned airline of course they want to look the best

I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone complain about Emirates, and I’m American, where airlines have become basically flying cattle cars

Actually it was John Leahy that brokered the deal, as he did with all major deals during his tenure.

@@johniii8147 my dad is simon greaves, one of leahy's lieutenants during that time. Met leahy a couple of times

You got to admit that Boeing sacrificing the 747-8 for the 787 made them profit like mad. Now 787s are almost seen in everywhere thanks to its insane cost efficiency

He actually did, not specifically though. It was the work of five pilots that saved that flight from disaster.

@@handyandyaus which is why it doesn’t make sense...The Qantas incident in 2010 was far more serious than the Air France incident a few years back in 2017...Without 5 experienced Pilots on the flight deck, and without the lessons learned from United flight 232, this incident would have have had a substantially different outcome.

16:22...?

@@LathropLdST at 16:22 simon says the word "Airbus"…Simon never specifically mentions the QF32 incident, like as if there is some sort of gag order talking about the incident specifically? en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qantas_Flight_32#:~:text=VH%2DOQA%20was%20repaired%20at,million%20(~US%24145m).

@@paulsz6194 I did NOT put the exact minute, I am on a train to Luzerne, nincompoop. It's an APPROXIMATE DANGIT, go forth or back a few minutes you lazy.

LOL yeah she was like whatever.

Classic

@@longfade that’s partly the point. B list celebs are very temporary. The Airbus A380 is forever (well at least I hoped so). And don’t get me started about my wife fighting Rosamund Pike over the toilets on said same flight!

​@PHDiaz-vv7yo B-list celebrities ya say someone trying to feel important

@@reesebroekhoven3962 nah. I’m just a bunch of kilobytes like you, on a smart phone, trying to elicit a dopamine reaction. Gotta get up and sample the real world in a moment .

well... you got the point : companies do not take care about our comfort, they want our money :/

The fact that it has 4 engines. It's very costly to fly, and is terrible for the environment as a result. Hopefully they'll eventually create a big enough engine to be able to make such a monster with only 2 engines.

@@marktg98 Part of it's great fuel economy comes from running 4 engines at peak efficiency instead of running 2 at max output.

@@andersjjensen It has anything BUT great fuel economy. It's extremely heavy and, lot of wasted space on the plane, and last generation engines.

​@@andersjjensenit is far from fuel efficient, it's fuel costs forces most carriers (outside of quantas) to operate them at a loss. No wide body 2 engine operate at max engine power, not even on take-off in most cases.