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The A380 delays, however, have raised questions about whether there is a large enough market for the superjumbo.

But a decision on the superjumbo would send a powerful signal about the future of air travel.

It plans to expand their use even further in its A380 superjumbo jet.

From next Friday, two of the three daily flights will be on the A380 superjumbo.

By contrast, Boeing has forecast a global demand for only 325 superjumbo jets.

The company was the first airline to buy the Airbus A380 "superjumbo".

Boeing says there is not enough demand from the world's airlines to justify the cost of building a new superjumbo jet.

Airbus plunged into a loss for the first time last year after the two-year delay to its A380 superjumbo.

It also warned that the financial effect from delays of the new A380 superjumbo jet could be greater than previously estimated.

The carrier is considering buying as many as a dozen superjumbo aircraft, according to some people in the industry.

Airbus has been muddling through one crisis after another, in part because of production problems with a bigger model, the A380 superjumbo jet.

Boeing and the four Airbus companies will study a joint venture to build a "superjumbo" 800-passenger airliner.

But Airbus and Boeing have been driven together on the superjumbo project by the immense costs involved.

Airbus has other worries, not least a six-month delay in the delivery of its new superjumbo jet, the A380.

The article also misstated the capacity of the Airbus A380 superjumbo jet.

Virgin Atlantic, the quirky British carrier, is among the airlines most interested in a superjumbo.

Airbus's big bet on the A380 superjumbo has stumbled as production delays have pushed back the aircraft's delivery.

The company has suffered costly setbacks to its A380 superjumbo project, and said last month that the project would be delayed two years.

But he also said that if increased competition is allowed at London's airports, it would diminish Virgin's interest in superjumbo craft.

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He added that Boeing's management team would have to retire or be phased out before the company could admit its mistake and start building a superjumbo.

The airport currently has 70 parking bays, one of which can accommodate the superjumbo Airbus A380.

Emirates is also by far the biggest supporter of Airbus's new superjumbo A380 aircraft, with 45 planes on order.

Airbus staff at Broughton watch the Airbus superjumbo fly past in 2006.

The superjumbo Airbus A380 is now in service on the London-Singapore route.