“When love breaks down The lies we tell They only serve to fool ourselves” Prefab Sprout, from the 1985 album Two Wheels Good, When Love Breaks Down How unromantic can the Europeans be? Airbus has chosen to end its love affair with the A380 on, of all days, Valentine’s Day. Outgoing CEO Tom Enders announced the demise of the A380 and at the same time diverted our attention to Emirates’ order for 40 A330-900 and 30 A350-900 planes. All it took were six paragraphs to admit the failure of the USD15 billion programme and an assurance the superjumbo “will still roam the skies for many years to come…” According to Airbus the last…
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