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Airbus raises A380 seat count to 544 passengers
A higher seat count looks more appealing when examining costs per seat, a key benchmark. Top customer Emirates has also said many airlines are not using the A380 space effectively. Boeing's 747-8i passenger plane officially carries 467 people. Both planemakers say their own models have more seats than the other side claims and that their rival has fewer seats. (uk.reuters.com) Plus d'info...
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Everybody lost the initial design vision on the 380 which was an initial high density plane seating about 800 people and running between hubs. Airlines got greedy and went after some high end traffic, thereby totally reducing seat count with an airplane that still can't go everywhere.
