Editing Airbus A380 (section)

===Cost===
{{As of|2016}}, the list price of an A380 was US$432.6&nbsp;million.<ref name="Airbus_prices_first">{{cite press release |url= http://www.airbus.com/presscentre/pressreleases/press-release-detail/detail/new-airbus-aircraft-list-prices-for-2016/ |title= New Airbus aircraft list prices for 2016 |publisher= Airbus |date= 12 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161116213741/http://www.airbus.com/presscentre/pressreleases/press-release-detail/detail/new-airbus-aircraft-list-prices-for-2016/ |archive-date= 16 November 2016 |df= dmy-all}}</ref> Negotiated discounts made the actual prices much lower, and industry experts questioned whether the A380 project would ever pay for itself.<ref name="wsjDMcc" /> The first aircraft was sold and leased back by [[Singapore Airlines]] in 2007 to [[Dr. Peters]] for $197&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://aviationweek.com/commercial-aviation/singapore-airlines-won-t-extend-first-airbus-a380-lease |title= Singapore Airlines Won't Extend First Airbus A380 Lease |date= 14 September 2016 |author= Jens Flottau |work= Aviation Daily |publisher= Aviation Week Network}}</ref> In 2016, [[International Airlines Group|IAG]]'s [[Willie Walsh (Irish businessman)|Willie Walsh]] said he could add a few, but also that he found the price of new aircraft "outrageous" and would source them from the second-hand market.<ref name="Flight19sep2017" />

AirInsight estimates its hourly cost at $26,000, or around $50 per seat hour (when configured for only {{#expr:26000/50round0}} seats), which compares to $44 per seat hour for a [[Boeing 777-300ER]], and $90 per seat hour for a [[Boeing 747-400]] {{as of|2015|November|lc=y}}.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.airinsight.com/the-a380s-future/ |title= The A380s future |date= 20 November 2015 |publisher= AirInsight}}</ref> The A380 was designed with large wing and tail surfaces to accommodate a planned stretch; this resulted in a high empty weight per seat.<ref name="Flight19sep2017" /> The stretch never occurred to take advantage of this, and the A380's cost-per-seat is expected to be matched by the [[A350-1000]] and [[777-9]].<ref name="Flight19sep2017" />