The bumbling Euros, they ache so badly to replicate America on their terms, all the bluster about their currency, oblivious to the fact that they’re killing exports with a currency valuation above the dollar. Same with this plane. They want so badly to rule the skies as Boeing has, but overshot the mark again. They don’t get it. Such things do not occur due to diktat, but that’s all they have.
Biggest problem is it doesn’t fit in existing terminals. That’s why Boeing didn’t go for the jump to super-duper jumbo jet. They’ve gone through those growing pains before and saw the market wasn’t good for doing it. A plane you can’t actually use (at least not conveniently, who really wants to ground load a plane that big) doesn’t have a market.
Larger capacity planes.
Less flights per route.
More profit? Think not.
Hiaku?
That's not a 'winglet', that's a WING!...................
A380 vs. Boeing 737.
Pack em in!
There’s the answer.
Let’s make flying as miserable as possible!
They’ll be begging to fly!
Won’t ride on an Airbus. Any airbus. A few years ago it seemed like any time there was some airplane non muslim caused issue it was an Airbus. I don’t trust them.
The A380 looks ugly as planes go.
I’m surprised the Libs don’t install winglets on their Prius’s. That’s the way their logic works.
But now that I've satisfied my curiosity about the 380 I wouldn't be heartbroken if I never flew it again.The 777 and the *new* 747 (and presumably the 787) are just fine for me.
Couldn’t they save a lot of fuel by lowering the landing gear 30 seconds later than they currently do? Seems they deploy the gear really early in the landing sequence.
Or would it make no difference when they are already configured for landing?
> “They could improve fuel efficiency by a significant 4 percent and—along with other improvements—cut operating expenses by 13 percent.”
If it could do that, they should have done it years ago.
I have been a frequent flier for over 30 years. I have seen the airports become chaotic and the airlines become a miserable experience. I can’t imagine 575 passengers from one plane trying to pass through immigration and security and make their connections in US airports. It has become a nightmare even when flying 737s.