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On 20 May 2006 05:30:16 -0700, "Reginald P. Smithers"
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According to Airbus, the development costs of the A380 stand at about
10.7 billion dollars (8.4 billion euros) and the average catalogue
price of each aircraft is 300 million dollars (235 million euros).

How can they make money on this? It will take 36 of these things,
just to cover the development cost, if they could build them for free.
The reality is they probably lose money at $300 million


That is what happens when you have guvmints involve if business.