While Emirates did place an order for 50 A350-900s, the result of the decrease in A380 orders was that Airbus would shutter production in 2021.

The Airbus A380 was an engineering marvel when it first ... never recouped by Airbus and the European taxpayers. Though its roomy cabins are popular with passengers, the giant from Airbus was ...

Eight spoilers on each wing add aerodynamic brakes to the A380 ... for cockpit crews to prevent deployment from causing a crash. In 1998, a thrust reverser on a Korean Air Airbus A300 deployed ...