I hope Airbus, with the support of EU governments and their recently growing military budgets, will develop a zero carbon emissions version of the A-400M, perhaps using hydrogen fuel cells.

The airlifter also has important humanitarian uses, since it can land a small airports during disaster relief, a growing applications area with the climate emergency.

Perhaps this could even lead to a commercial aircraft with large capacity for passengers and cargo.

I can imagine a multimodal transit system where there are air trunk lines that bypass major airports, a single ticket will get you door to door and there are drastically reduced terminal wait times.

If Airbus can cut costs while keeping the same quality and also increase the fuel economy of their jets, I think they have a legitimate shot at knocking off Boeing.

We flew to Australia and back in an A380 with Singapore Airlines not long after they came into service, it was a brilliant experience, we sat on the upper deck which was even better as always travelling by Singapore Airlines was a wonderful experience, we hope to do it again soon