A380 Booster Wages Lonely Crusade for Airbus Jumbo Jet
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One of the biggest boosters of Airbus Group NV’s A380 jet is pitching it as the superjumbo that will allow airlines never to miss a last-minute premium passenger.
In a presentation in New York, Mark Lapidus, a Russian-born financier who wants to lease 20 A380s to airlines, said U.S. carriers’ obsession with capacity discipline and flight frequency overlooks a key metric: spill, or when high-paying, passengers go to competitors because they can’t find an available seat when they want to depart.