aha. I see this post is spammed with American Boeing lovers... the 747-800 is not closing a market gap. the 777-300ER can carry nearly the same amount of passengers with half the number of engines. does it have much purposed? for freight yes, passengers no. your perception might not be that the A380 is nice looking but it can carry over 800 passengers subsequently it got many many more features that make it better, too long for one post. beat that boeing, with your ugly, eye-burning orange livery.