Best thing for me about Airbus products is you end up with most of your hearing still intact after a long flight. They do know how to make quiet airplanes. Also a lot quieter on the ground than them Boeings. The real numbers for the A380 seem to indicate that with the same passenger volume you only need half the flights, considerably easing the strain in terms of safety of existing infratructure.
Good work Europe!
And then of course there is the massive Arian 5 from "old europe"

Andre