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By: 8th June 2010 at 11:46 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-That's quite an order, and very good news for Airbus!
By: 8th June 2010 at 12:48 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Very good news for Airbus and the A380 in particular. Emirates knows a good aircraft when it sees one. After all it also flies the 777;)
By: 8th June 2010 at 15:20 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-I agree. I'd like to see the A380 picking up a little, sales-wise.
It must be the most relaxing and comfortable aircraft to fly on by some distance.
By: 8th June 2010 at 15:43 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Lufthansa's first was crew training at Baden Baden last week and is now in South Africa with the national team.
By: 8th June 2010 at 17:04 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Good news for Airbus and all that is great but 90 A380s? What are they planning to start....buy a First Class ticket and get a WhaleJet free?:confused:
By: 8th June 2010 at 17:56 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
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It must be the most relaxing and comfortable aircraft to fly on by some distance.
Only if the airline doesn't pack people in like a cattle car...:)
By: 8th June 2010 at 19:42 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-All are going to be delivered by 2017. No A380s are planned to be going out of the fleet until 2020. That's one heck of a fleet! First free slot for an A380 is 2015
By: 9th June 2010 at 00:29 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Worth a look is Airbus report of first day of the Berlin Show, nice flying footage of A400m and A380's
Paul
By: 9th June 2010 at 03:52 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-How can they utilise 90 A380's with the route network they have..they must surely have a rapid expansion plan in the pipe works
By: 9th June 2010 at 08:29 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Great! This means Airbus must be close to breaking even on the A380 programme! Oh....wait......:p
By: 9th June 2010 at 09:29 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Isn't it actualy more of a risk to have such a large project so dependant on one customer?
EK have something like a third of all the orders to themselves.
I very much doubt EK will ever fold, but surely constantly expanding like they are can't continue!
By: 9th June 2010 at 10:07 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-EK must be happy with the a/c, hence the sizeable repeat order, which I feel will in the future see more orders from the other airlines currently using the type. An extra couple of a/c from the odd airline is good but 32 in one hit is amazing, EK competitors heads must be spinning.
Paul
By: 9th June 2010 at 10:10 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-I agree. I'd like to see the A380 picking up a little, sales-wise.
It must be the most relaxing and comfortable aircraft to fly on by some distance.
I flew on an Emirates A380 early last year and it is indeed a fantastic aircraft to fly on. Leaving aside the extra space (mind you, the outbound sector for me was in Business Class) the other thing that struck me was how quiet it was, even on take off.
By: 10th June 2010 at 18:01 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Great! This means Airbus must be close to breaking even on the A380 programme! Oh....wait......:p
Did someone just leave you with sore nipples ?
:)
By: 11th June 2010 at 06:16 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-I flew on an Emirates A380 early last year and it is indeed a fantastic aircraft to fly on. Leaving aside the extra space (mind you, the outbound sector for me was in Business Class) the other thing that struck me was how quiet it was, even on take off.
Indeed. A young Australian couple was sat next to me as we were flying from SIN to LHR. After about ten minutes of flying time, the woman asked if we had taken off yet.
Says it all, really.
By: 11th June 2010 at 09:24 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Indeed. A young Australian couple was sat next to me as we were flying from SIN to LHR. After about ten minutes of flying time, the woman asked if we had taken off yet.
Says it all, really.
I've been on A380 few times. If someone sat next to me asked me that question, I would ask to be seated else where, for my own safety.
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By: KabirT - 8th June 2010 at 11:37
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Emirates will announce an order for 32 additional Airbus A380s at the ILA Berlin Air Show, Aviation Week has learned. The order will be officially signed during a visit of Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel to the show in front of a newly delivered Emirates A380. The aircraft is the largest A380 order ever. Its list price is an estimated $11.5 billion. Emirates now has 90 A380s on firm order of which 10 have been delivered.
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=comm&id=news/awx/2010/06/08/awx_06_08_2010_p0-232591.xml&headline=Emirates%20To%20Order%2032%20More%20A380s