Major carriers seem unable to cover the costs of their big fleets flying to destinations large and small.
Many big fleets have have already installed G.P.S. devices, which enable dispatchers to change routes at the last minute, add pickups and deliveries and otherwise improve efficiency.
Six is not very many when compared with the big fleets which gathered every four years for the adventure of a lifetime in the latter decades of the last century.
Both of these require large fleets of midsized planes, not small fleets of giant ones.Perhaps only the Gulf's three superconnectors, linking the most popular destinations in Europe and Asia via their home hubs, will want big fleets of A380s.
Some big companies, like Wal-Mart Stores, operate big fleets of aircraft for a variety of business reasons, but even smaller operations like Townsend Engineering use planes for functions besides transportation, including things like shipping spare parts to outlying areas.
Although some countries with big fleets may try to water down the plans, Damanaki said the weight of public opinion was behind the move, citing Channel 4's Fish Fight campaign.
