Posted on 02/15/2007 1:51:13 PM PST by Paleo Conservative
Los Angeles airport officials said Wednesday that Airbus officials reneged on a promise to bring the new A380 jetliner to Los Angeles International Airport on its first U.S. test flight after the airport spent $9 million to accommodate the huge jet.Los Angeles World Airports officials claim that Airbus executives told them early last year that it would bring the A380 to LAX on its maiden U.S. flight if the airport expedited construction of a $9-million gate to accommodate the jet for an August 2006 flight, the Los Angeles Times reports. That was delayed after the jet experienced a rash of technical setbacks and production delays. The flight was pushed back to June of this year.
LAX officials said they recently learned that Airbus had decided to fly the A380 from Frankfurt, Germany, to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport on March 19, then to O'Hare International Airport in Chicago the next day.
Airbus said it was impossible for Airbus to fly the jet to Los Angeles before its flights to New York and O'Hare, but promised that LAX would get the first “Airbus-operated U.S. visit” in June. Airbus added that it decided to take the famed jet to the East Coast destinations first at the request of Lufthansa Airlines, whose crews have helped test the aircraft.
LAX had hoped to use the landing as a way to boost the image of the airport and its older and often-criticized facilities.
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LOL, You trusted the French?
Roses are red
Violets are blue
The Airbust won't fly to LAX
What are we gonna do?
The French? Bail on a committment? Oh the humanity...say it isn't so!
Anybody who's ever watched The People's Court or Judge Judy knows to get it in writing.
Lay down with frogs...
I can't beleive they are taking that huge airplane into JFK. That airport is too tight even for small aircraft.
I've never been to Los Angelas International but It can't be worse than Miami [MIA] whichis almost like a 3rd-world gateway.
I agree with you. And whoever criticizes cannot have flown into Chicago. What a dump--both of them, O'Hare and Midway, except the newest concourse. I kind of like LAX.
Making sure they schedule a stopover in Boeing's home city.
Dude, you tried to hijack an Airbus thread!
WHAT?!!!!! There must be some mistake!
Given that fact that Boeing is also a Defense contractor, it would be highly-within AIRBUS's best interest to keep the WhaleJet as far away from Paene Field and King County International as possible. [just-kidding, of course]
Boeing is a Chicago company.
But BOEING, as well as AIRBUS, has 100's of facilities & buildings around the earth's continents....including the 2 airports that I mentioned....which are property of Boeing Commercial Airplanes Div.
Thank you for that observation, Mr. Tancredo.
You're welcome....although I'm not likely to transit either of the two airports.
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