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Emirates’ Tim Clark Slams Airlines Over Poor Use of Airbus A380
Emirates’ President Sir Tim Clark has always been a strong advocate of the A380 and says Airbus will rue the day it cancelled the superjumbo program. In an exclusive interview with Andreas Spaeth in Berlin on the eve of his upcoming 70th birthday and ahead of the Dubai Air Show, he reflected on the past, present and future of the A380 in the first of a two-part series. (www.airlineratings.com) Mehr...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Why do no U.S. airlines fly the A380? Because the U.S. government does neither subsidize nor own a U.S. airline. Can anyone name an Airline that has made a profit with the A380?
From an Engineering and Maintenance standpoint.
The aircraft requires lots of folks to maintain and ground handle this type. The interior is massive, IFE is a nightmare depending on which vendor is installed, a two hour turn is almost impossible to do, you need a minimum of 3 hours.
When the Aircraft pushes back at IAD it has to be escorted by Airport Ops down the Taxiway everyday because the wing span is just to big. System integration is pretty stable and reliable. The 747-400 beats this aircraft with cargo any time.
Cheers
Retired Eng.
The aircraft requires lots of folks to maintain and ground handle this type. The interior is massive, IFE is a nightmare depending on which vendor is installed, a two hour turn is almost impossible to do, you need a minimum of 3 hours.
When the Aircraft pushes back at IAD it has to be escorted by Airport Ops down the Taxiway everyday because the wing span is just to big. System integration is pretty stable and reliable. The 747-400 beats this aircraft with cargo any time.
Cheers
Retired Eng.
Dear Sir Tim:
You can run 'your' airline the way 'you' want to, and I'll run my airline the way that I want to.
Thank you very much for your concern.
You can run 'your' airline the way 'you' want to, and I'll run my airline the way that I want to.
Thank you very much for your concern.
I never got to fly 747 somehow. Had Emirates tickets for Greece we had to cancel. Re-booked a 4 leg all A380 trip NYC to NRT. Now that is the long way home for sure, but I was able to get all four legs in the forward most economy cabin, such a private feel with so many passengers in other parts of the plane. This plane was amazing, absorbed turbulence like a big SUV absorbs potholes. Amazing flights, will never forget it. Compared to an A350 RT we also did another year, the 350 was like a speedster or Ferrari and the 380 like a big Benz. Travesty that this plane is going away. Or is it?
Agree with you. I've been in all Boeing's including 747's and also all Airbus models. Nothing will beat the Emirates A380 comfort even in economy that we've experienced recently flying ZRH-DXB-BKK. We will back to Dubai tomorrow again in the 380 and I just can wait to jump inside. What an amazing soft airplane to fly. I'ts going to be missed :(
only an airline that can fit showers in their first-class section, and thus carry large amounts of water
must be heavily subsidized by their UAE owners!!!!!
must be heavily subsidized by their UAE owners!!!!!