Five years after the A380's first test flight, Airbus is 2 1/2 years behind on deliveries of the double-decker superjumbo, and an estimated 200 orders short of turning a profit on the design.
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Buhrer says that the aircraft's development costs have been lost, never to be recovered and concludes that "the A380 was a mistake," adding that it "will never sell well and cost Airbus lots of Euros."
