The Airbus A380 entered commercial service.
 In 2010 Airbus delivered 18 of the expected 20 A380s, due to Rolls-Royce engine availability problems
At the A380 launch, most Europe-Asia and transpacific routes used Boeing 747-400s at fairly low frequencies but, since then, routes proliferated with open skies, and most airlines downsized, offering higher frequencies and more routes

