Industry Perspective: Airbus
When Airbus tentatively entered the corporate jet market a decade ago with the ACJ, its expectations for the airplane were modest.

When Airbus tentatively entered the corporate jet market a decade ago with the ACJ, its expectations for the airplane were modest. Success would be measured in single-digit sales primarily to wealthy individuals in the Middle East who dreamed of creating miniature flying palaces.

With the first sale of a giant Airbus A380 to an unidentified private individual announced earlier this year, the concept of the flying palace is being elevated to
a new level. Edése Doret, a jet interior expert asked to design the executive A380 interior, said the airplane will cost $300 million and the cabin will add another $150 million.