Editing Airbus A380 (section)

===Size===
In its 2000 Global Market Forecast, Airbus estimated a demand for 1,235 passenger Very Large Aircraft (VLA) with more than 400 seats: 360 up to 2009 and 875 by 2019.<ref name="Flight19sep2017">{{cite news |url= https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/analysis-the-a380s-rollercoaster-ride-in-10-years-440832/ |title= The A380's rollercoaster ride in 10 years of service |date= 19 September 2017 |work= Flight International |author= Max Kingsley-Jones}}</ref>
In late 2003, Boeing forecast 320 "Boeing 747 and larger" passenger aircraft over 20 years, close to the 298 orders actually placed for the A380 and 747-8 passenger airliners as of March 2020.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.flightglobal.com/programmes/how-the-a380-ran-out-of-runway-after-just-two-decades/137480.article |title= How the A380 ran out of runway after just two decades |author= Max Kingsley-Jones |date= 25 March 2020 |work= Flightglobal}}</ref>

In 2007, Airbus estimated a demand for 1,283 VLAs in the following 20 years if airport congestion remains constant, up to 1,771 VLAs if congestion increases, with most deliveries (56%) in Asia-Pacific, and 415 very large, 120-tonne plus freighters.<ref>{{cite web |title= Flying by Nature Airbus Global Market Forecast 2007–2026 |publisher=[[Airbus S.A.S.]] |date=31 January 2008 |pages=78–79 |url=http://www.airbus.com/fileadmin/documents/gmf/PDF_dl/00-all-gmf_2007.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409133337/http://www.airbus.com/fileadmin/documents/gmf/PDF_dl/00-all-gmf_2007.pdf |archive-date=9 April 2008}}</ref> For the same period, Boeing was estimating the demand for 590 large (747 or A380) passenger airliners and 630 freighters.<ref>{{cite web |title= Boeing Current Market Outlook 2007 |publisher=[[Boeing Commercial Airplanes]] |date=20 November 2007 |page=43 |url=http://www.boeing.com/commercial/cmo/pdf/Boeing_Current_Market_Outlook_2007.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409133335/http://www.boeing.com/commercial/cmo/pdf/Boeing_Current_Market_Outlook_2007.pdf |archive-date=9 April 2008}}</ref>
Estimates for the total over a twenty-year period have varied from 400 to over 1,700.<ref name="ms_a380_debate_20060905" /><ref>{{cite news |url= http://aviationweek.com/commercial-aviation/opinion-mega-transports-hobbled-their-size |title= Opinion: Mega-Transports Hobbled By Their Size |author= Pierre Sparaco |work= [[Aviation Week & Space Technology]] |date= 3 March 2014 |url-access= subscription}}</ref>