How much is the airbus a380?

Airbus last published its list prices in January 2018, and in that table the A380 was listed at $445.6 million, the most expensive aircraft in the range. Since then the manufacturer stopped releasing those figures, so that remains the only official data available (as of January 2018). It should be taken as a theoretical reference: in the industry, discounts off the list price are standard practice and can approach half the nominal value on large orders or for launch customers.

The real price of each A380 depended on the size of the order, the cabin configuration, the engines chosen, and the timing of the deal. Emirates, with 123 units, secured terms that were never made public but that analysts placed well below list price. On top of that figure came the interiors, which in an aircraft with suites, a bar and showers could add tens of millions more, plus spare parts, crew training and airport adaptations.

With production halted in 2021 and only 251 units built, the A380 secondhand market is very narrow. Several aircraft barely ten years old have been scrapped because their engines and parts were worth more than the whole aircraft, and those that have changed hands did so for a small fraction of their original price. Meanwhile, keeping one flying still costs as much as when it was new: fuel for four engines, large crews and major overhauls. For Airbus, the cost was far greater than that of any single unit: the program's development is estimated to have exceeded €25 billion, an investment that sales never recovered.