I always find the 380 a bit short compared to how big the wings and the fuselage diameter is, I think if it would’ve been built then the -900 would’ve looked even better
Problem is that quite a few airports struggle as is with the amount of people. Gatwick can take the A380 at one gate, and I flew it, and the queue spanned across the hallway to it past 3 other gates… it’s already such a big airplane in terms of pax that it would be mayhem with even more
There’s a daily 2pm Emirates a380 arrival followed by a 2:20pm Qantas a380 at LAX. I can’t imagine how insane customs must be. (I plane watch from my backyard, they loop around right in front of me, it’s pretty rad).
I sometimes wonder if airports would have had considerably less struggle to accommodate that plane if it had actual -800 wings. Anyone knows details here on that? First of all, how much smaller could the wingspan have been? AFAIK weight wasn't the issue, mainly wingspan and additional entry points
None of these were the actual issue with the plane tho. The real issue was filling it with passengers. It just took too many people to be full every time. No one could’ve predicted Covid would change things the way it did and these being brought back. But back then these things just weren’t profitable.
I always find the 380 a bit short compared to how big the wings and the fuselage diameter is, I think if it would’ve been built then the -900 would’ve looked even better
Problem is that quite a few airports struggle as is with the amount of people. Gatwick can take the A380 at one gate, and I flew it, and the queue spanned across the hallway to it past 3 other gates… it’s already such a big airplane in terms of pax that it would be mayhem with even more
There’s a daily 2pm Emirates a380 arrival followed by a 2:20pm Qantas a380 at LAX. I can’t imagine how insane customs must be. (I plane watch from my backyard, they loop around right in front of me, it’s pretty rad).
I sometimes wonder if airports would have had considerably less struggle to accommodate that plane if it had actual -800 wings. Anyone knows details here on that? First of all, how much smaller could the wingspan have been? AFAIK weight wasn't the issue, mainly wingspan and additional entry points
None of these were the actual issue with the plane tho. The real issue was filling it with passengers. It just took too many people to be full every time. No one could’ve predicted Covid would change things the way it did and these being brought back. But back then these things just weren’t profitable.
Yeah I know, but that has been talked about a lot. I haven't read something regarding my question about the 'overconfident' winglayout
Too bad Emirates flies most of them.
Looks so clean. Bit unrelated but honestly kind of a fan of the new emirates livery. Biggest gripe is the tail, now it looks like a F1 car.
Completely agree on the new tail art, reminds me of Vueling.
I hear that the C-17 seats more.