Editing Airbus A380 (section)

=== Total development cost ===
In 2000, the projected development cost was €9.5&nbsp;billion.<ref name="Libé120507">{{cite news |url= http://www.liberation.fr/futurs/2012/05/07/airbus-encaisse-les-couts-de-l-a380_817119 |title= Airbus encaisse les coûts de l'A380 |author= Yann Philippin |date= 7 May 2012 |work= [[Libération]] |language= fr}}</ref> In 2004, Airbus estimated that €1.5&nbsp;billion ($2&nbsp;billion) would need to be added, totalling the developmental costs to €{{#expr:8.8+1.5}} billion (${{#expr:10.7+2}} billion).<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/13/business/airbus-says-its-a380-jet-is-over-budget.html |title= Airbus Says Its A380 Jet Is Over Budget |author= Bloomberg |work= The New York Times |date= 13 December 2004}}</ref> In 2006, Airbus stopped publishing its reported cost after reaching costs of €10.2&nbsp;billion and then it provisioned another €4.9&nbsp;billion, after the difficulties in electric cabling and two years delay for an estimated total of €18&nbsp;billion.<ref name="Libé120507"/>

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In 2014, the aircraft was estimated to have cost $25bn (£16bn, €{{#expr:25*0.754round1}}bn) to develop.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.businessinsider.com/airbuss-flagship-plane-may-be-too-big-to-be-profitable-2014-12 |title= Airbus's Flagship Plane May Be Too Big To Be Profitable |work= The Guardian |author= Karl West |date= 28 December 2014 |publisher= Business Insider}}</ref> In 2015, Airbus said development costs were €15&nbsp;billion (£11.4&nbsp;billion, ${{To USD|15|FRA|year=2015}} billion), though analysts believe the figure is likely to be at least €5bn (${{To USD|5|FRA|year=2015}} Bn) more for a €{{#expr:15+5}} Bn (${{To USD|{{#expr:15+5}}|FRA|year=2015}} Bn) total.<ref name=TG150118>{{cite news |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/industry/engineering/11353508/Is-Airbuss-A380-a-superjumbo-with-a-future-or-an-aerospace-white-elephant.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/industry/engineering/11353508/Is-Airbuss-A380-a-superjumbo-with-a-future-or-an-aerospace-white-elephant.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title= Is Airbus's A380 a 'superjumbo' with a future or an aerospace white elephant? |author= Alan Tovey |date= 18 January 2015 |work= The Telegraph}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 2016, The A380 development costs were estimated at $25&nbsp;billion for 15 years,<ref>{{cite web |url= https://money.cnn.com/2016/02/17/news/companies/airbus-ceo-a380-future/ |title= Airbus CEO upbeat on future of A380 after new orders |author= Andrew Stevens and Jethro Mullen |work= CNNMoney |date= 17 February 2016}}</ref> $25–30&nbsp;billion,<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardaboulafia/2016/06/06/airbus-a380-the-final-countdown/ |date= 6 June 2016 |title= Airbus A380: The Death Watch Begin |author= Richard Aboulafia |work= Forbes}}</ref> or €25&nbsp;billion ($28&nbsp;billion).<ref name=BB160712>{{cite news |url= https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-12/airbus-plans-to-cut-annual-a380-deliveries-to-12-as-of-2018 |title= Airbus A380 Cut May Mark Beginning of End for Superjumbo |author= Christopher Jasper and Andrea Rothman |date= 12 July 2016 |work= Bloomberg}}</ref>

To start the programme in 2000, the governments of [[France]], [[Germany]] and the [[UK]] loaned Airbus 3.5&nbsp;billion euros and refundable advances reached 5.9&nbsp;billion euros ($7.3&nbsp;billion).<!--<ref name=Bloomberg23feb2018>-->
In February 2018, after an Emirates order secured production of the unprofitable programme for ten years, Airbus revised its deal with the three loan-giving governments to save $1.4&nbsp;billion (17%) and restructured terms to lower the production rate from eight per year in 2019 to six per year.<ref name=Bloomberg23feb2018>{{cite news |url= https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-23/airbus-sheds-1-4-billion-owed-to-countries-in-new-a380-aid-deal |title= Airbus Super-Jumbo Sheds Financial Weight in New State Aid Deal |date= 23 February 2018 |author= Benjamin D Katz |agency= Bloomberg}}</ref>

On 15 May 2018, in its [[Competition between Airbus and Boeing#World Trade Organization litigation|EU appeal ruling]], a WTO ruling concluded that the A380 received improper subsidies through $9&nbsp;billion of launch aids, but Airbus acknowledged that the threat posed to Boeing by the A380 is so marginal with 330 orders since its 2000 launch that any U.S. sanctions should be minimal, as previous rulings showed Boeing's exposure could be as little as $377&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-22/airbus-to-defend-wto-ruling-by-saying-a380-no-threat-to-boeing |title= Airbus to Defend WTO Ruling by Saying A380 No Threat to Boeing |author= Benjamin D Katz |date= 22 May 2018 |agency= Bloomberg}}</ref>
In 2018, unit cost was {{USD|445.6&nbsp;million|link=yes}}.<ref name="Airbus_prices">{{cite web |url= http://www.airbus.com/content/dam/corporate-topics/publications/backgrounders/Airbus-Commercial-Aircraft-list-prices-2018.pdf |title= AIRBUS AIRCRAFT 2018 AVERAGE LIST PRICES* (USD millions) |publisher= Airbus |date= 15 January 2018 |access-date= 15 January 2018 |archive-date= 15 January 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180115185203/http://www.airbus.com/content/dam/corporate-topics/publications/backgrounders/Airbus-Commercial-Aircraft-list-prices-2018.pdf |url-status= dead}}</ref>

In February 2019, the German government disclosed that it was conducting talks with Airbus regarding €600&nbsp;million in outstanding loans. Following the decision to wind down the A380 programme, Europe argues that the subsidies in effect no longer exist and that no sanctions are warranted.<ref>{{cite news |title=Germany in talks with Airbus on 600 million euros of A380 loans |url= https://www.reuters.com/article/us-airbus-germany/germany-in-talks-with-airbus-on-600-million-euros-of-a380-loans-idUSKCN1QL0YR |work= Reuters |date= 4 March 2019 |author1= Andreas Rinke |author2=Tassilo Hummel}}</ref>