Editing Airbus A380 (section)

===A380 Stretch, A380-900===
At launch in December 2000, a 656-seat A380-200 was proposed as a derivative of the 555-seat baseline, called the ''A380 Stretch''.<ref>{{cite magazine |url= http://archive.aviationweek.com/issue/20010101#!&pid=22 |title= Europe Embarks On $11-Billion A380 Gamble |author= Pierre Sparaco |magazine= Aviation Week & Space Technology |date= 1 January 2001 |pages= 22–25 |url-access= subscription}}</ref>

In November 2007, Airbus top sales executive and chief operating officer [[John Leahy (executive)|John Leahy]] confirmed plans for another enlarged variant—the A380-900—with more seating space than the A380-800.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.topnews.de/airbus-plant-lesen-a380-31297 |title= Airbus plant Riesen A380 |publisher= Topnews.de |date= 22 November 2007 |language= de |access-date= 1 November 2012 |archive-date= 2 December 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131202221514/http://www.topnews.de/airbus-plant-lesen-a380-31297 |url-status= dead}}</ref> The A380-900 would have had a [[seating capacity]] for 650 passengers in standard configuration and for approximately 900 passengers in an economy-only configuration.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ausbt.com.au/supersizing-the-superjumbo-1-000-seat-airbus-a380-due-by-2020 |title=Supersizing the superjumbo: Airbus says 1,000 seat A380 due 2020 |work=Australian Business Traveller |date= 26 September 2012 |access-date=7 July 2013}}</ref> Airlines that expressed an interest in the A380-900 included [[Emirates (airline)|Emirates]],<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121103124517/https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085 |url-status=dead |archive-date= 3 November 2012 |title= Europe&nbsp;– Airbus plans 900-Seat Superjumbo; Emirates would buy |work= Bloomberg |date= 15 November 2007 |first= Andrea |last= Rothman}}</ref> [[Virgin Atlantic]],<ref name="Sea_times-900">{{Cite news |url= http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2004022126_airbus19.html |title= Branson favors planned Airbus 900-seat A380 |work=The Seattle Times |date= 21 February 2004}}</ref> [[Cathay Pacific]],<ref>{{Cite news |url= https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN3022007420071030?sp=true |title= Interview-Cathay Pacific to wait on next-generation planes |work= Reuters |date= 30 October 2007 |first= Bill |last= Rigby |access-date= 7 June 2011 |archive-date= 2 December 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131202234034/http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/10/30/idUSN3022007420071030?sp=true |url-status= live}}</ref> [[Air France]], [[KLM]], [[Lufthansa]],<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/airbus-to-extend-a380-to-accommodate-1000-passengers_10089914.html |title= Airbus to extend A380 to accommodate 1,000 passengers |work= The Times of India |publisher= Thaindian.com |date= 29 August 2008 |access-date= 2 July 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120311210925/http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/airbus-to-extend-a380-to-accommodate-1000-passengers_10089914.html |archive-date= 11 March 2012 |url-status=dead |df= dmy-all}}</ref> [[Kingfisher Airlines]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://atwonline.com/news/other.html?issueDate=2/6/2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113043938/http://atwonline.com/news/other.html?issueDate=2%2F6%2F2009 |archive-date=13 January 2010 |title=Kingfisher defers delivery to wait for A380-900 |publisher=ATW Daily News |date=6 February 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and leasing company [[ILFC]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/default/article/A-stretch-version-of-the-A380-It-s-in-the-plans-1253438.php |title= A stretch version of the A380? It's in the plans |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |date= 25 October 2007 |access-date=7 June 2011 |first1=James |last1=Wallace |first2=P-I |last2=Aerospace}}</ref> In May 2010, Airbus announced that A380-900 development would be postponed until production of the A380-800 stabilised.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/05/20/342239/a380-900-and-freighter-both-on-back-burner-enders.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100524161647/http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/05/20/342239/a380-900-and-freighter-both-on-back-burner-enders.html |archive-date=24 May 2010 |title=A380-900 and freighter both on 'back-burner': Enders |work=Flight International |date= 20 May 2010 |access-date=14 December 2011}}</ref>

On 11 December 2014, at the annual Airbus Investor Day forum, Airbus CEO [[Fabrice Brégier|Fabrice Bregier]] controversially announced, "We will one day launch an A380neo and one day launch a stretched A380".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Flynn |first1=David |title=Airbus to build A380neo and A380 'stretch'|url=http://www.ausbt.com.au/airbus-confirms-a380neo-and-a380-stretch|access-date=12 December 2014|work=Australian Business Traveller|date=11 December 2014}}</ref> This statement followed speculation sparked by Airbus [[chief financial officer|CFO]] Harald Wilhelm that Airbus could possibly axe the A380 ahead of its time due to softening demand.<ref name="orders-vanish">{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-12-10/airbus-at-crossroads-as-a380-jumbo-faces-spendorfade-conundrum|title=Airbus Raises Prospect of Ditching A380 as Orders Vanish|last1=Rothman|first1=Andrea|date=10 December 2014|work=Bloomberg L.P.|access-date=12 December 2014}}</ref>

On 15 June 2015, [[John Leahy (executive)|John Leahy]], Airbus's chief operating officer for customers, stated that Airbus was again looking at the A380-900 programme. Airbus's newest concept would be a stretch of the A380-800 offering 50 seats more—not 100 seats as originally envisaged. This stretch would be tied to a potential re-engining of the A380-800. According to Flight Global, an A380-900 would make better use of the A380's existing wing.<ref name="FlightGlobalA380ModeStretch">{{cite news |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/paris-airbus-in-early-talks-over-moderate-a380-stretch-413552/|title=Airbus in early talks over moderate A380 stretch |work=Flightglobal|access-date=24 April 2016}}</ref>