What Is the NPV of the Airbus A380 Project? the Airbus

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What is the NPV of the Airbus A380 project? The Airbus A380 is the largest civilian aircraft ever built.It can carry 555 passengers on two decks.Initial project investments were $13B.Assume that the initial investment was paid on Dec 31,2008.Assume that Airbus will produce 60 aircraft per year for five years.Each aircraft will be sold for $230M and total operating costs are 75% of revenues.Assume that revenues and costs occur at year-end with the first revenues (and costs) occurring on Dec 31,2009.What is the NPV of the project if Airbus' cost of capital is 11%? Calculate the NPV as of Dec 31,2008.Ignore taxes and assume that there are no terminal year cash flows.

• A) -$2.799B
• B) -$0.249B
• C) $0.078B
• D) $2.751B
• E) $25.253B

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