In a bid to resuscitate sales of its struggling flagship A380, Airbus unveiled a new version of its iconic superjumbo with a host of upgrades on Monday at the 2017 Paris Air Show.
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Airbus has crammed 80 more seats into its superjumbo
The Airbus A380plus now has 11 seats per row in economy.
Airbus has been reluctant to invest the kind of money needed to develop a new version of the A380. In 2017, Airbus offered its customers a moderately updated version of the plane, called the A380 Plus, with room for 80 more people and new winglets for better fuel economy. So far, there have been no takers.
Airbus claims the plane — dubbed the A380plus — has been upgraded in five main areas including fuel efficiency and passenger capacity.
Airbus hopes the new development will make the A380, which hasn't generated a single new order in more than a year, more financially attractive for airlines.
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