Report: Airbus to lose more than $8 billion on A380

Airbus is selling its super-jumbo for between $130 million and $145 million apiece, a team headed by a Northwestern University researcher found. The report was completed in 2002, but leaked in London over the weekend, and it created quite a stir.

The Times of London broke the story:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2095-1572218,00.html

And in a shocking development, Airbus denied the findings and insisted it will make a bundle on the A380:

http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/04/17/business/IBRIEF.html

Speaking of the A380, unnamed sources in France tell Agence France-Presse that the plane will finally fly this week:

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2005-04-15-airbus-a380_x.htm