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Airbus 380 Delayed
Gadling blogged about Airbus' flagship plane A380 before. Looks like we are going to have to wait six more months before Airbus deliverers their first A380. The first plane was supposed to have been delivered to Qantas in October 2006, but Airbus pushed it back to April 2007. Qantas is "disappointed."
Interestingly enough, none of the American airlines have expressed real interest in the A380. According to BBC, among the biggest customers so far are Emirates (43 planes ordered), Lufthansa (15) and Qantas (12).
Timing aside, does Qantas honestly need planes that fit 800 people? Will they be flying the entire population of Australia back and forth every time they fly this thing? Does anyone need a plane to fit that many people? The prospect of boarding 800 people in a timely fashion scares me. I can just imagine it now: "Now boarding passengers in rows 120-140..."
Wasn't this plane supposed to make flying easier?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Richard Sep 25th 2006 6:50PM
Fedex has 12 or more A 380's on order- would you like to calculate the amount of revenue on one of those things when it is full of cargo?- a real money maker
Iva Sep 25th 2006 7:05PM
I would agree the A380 makes a lot of sense for cargo. E-shoppers worldwide will be able to rest in peace knowing their eBay purchases are comfortable in a super-jumbo.