End of the superjumbo: Airbus is giving up on the A380

Looks like Boeing and, before them, McDonnell-Douglas made the right choice in bailing on their own super-jumbos. Airbus has so far delivered only 234 of the A-380s in the last 14 years; Boeing, on the other hand, built 1500+  of the 747 since 1970, with more than 400 still flying. but even the venerable 747’s day is winding down; the imperative these days is not to pack as many people as possible into an aircraft, but to fly as cost effectively as possible.