Introducing The $300 Million Private Jet-an A380

[PeppyGPhiB]

Wow, I agree with...Tom Earp.

Something else that should be pointed out is that this plane is so big that, like Tom said, many airports will not have runways and facilities capable of handling the A380. So, if for some reason a flight has to be diverted from its intended arrival airport for emergency or other reasons, it could be total chaos.

[jon1856]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

Wow, I agree with...Tom Earp.

Something else that should be pointed out is that this plane is so big that, like Tom said, many airports will not have runways and facilities capable of handling the A380. So, if for some reason a flight has to be diverted from its intended arrival airport for emergency or other reasons, it could be total chaos.

And a report I saw seems to go against what the French pilots are reporting.
That the plane does not drive/fly like a sports car.
The larger the plane, the harder and slower it is to react to controls.

[jon1856]

Fodor's Travel Wire > News
Onboard the Airbus A380

When the first commercial flight of a 747 took off from Washington D.C.'s Dulles Airport on January 22, 1970, critics carped that the plane was already obsolete. What did they know? The 747 went on to dominate the skies for the next three decades.
http://www.fodors.com/wire/archives/002432.cfm

[PeppyGPhiB]

Originally Posted by jon1856

Fodor's Travel Wire > News
Onboard the Airbus A380

When the first commercial flight of a 747 took off from Washington D.C.'s Dulles Airport on January 22, 1970, critics carped that the plane was already obsolete. What did they know? The 747 went on to dominate the skies for the next three decades.
http://www.fodors.com/wire/archives/002432.cfm

While the Fodors author means well, he/she seems pretty naive about what this plane will be for the typical traveler. The comfort options mentioned in the article will be standard on the 787 Dreamliner, too, and the 787 will DEFINITELY be more fuel efficient than the 380, not "supposedly."

OH, the Dreamliner surpassed 500 pre-orders last week! Most successful pre-launch sales campaign in commercial aviation to date.