The 555-seat A380 long-range transport, by far Europe's biggest and most challenging aviation undertaking, is expected to curtail major airlines' operating costs on high-density routes and give more credibility to Airbus Industrie's head-to-head showdown with Boeing in terms of market share, orders and revenues. However, Airbus' archrival dismisses the Europeans' market predictions and asserted profitability as unattainable.
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