Airbus Jet Could Clog Airports

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Airbus Jet Could Clog Airports


By Alan Zibel
Posted 27 April 2007 @ 06:22 pm EST

The largest passenger jet in the world, the Airbus A380, could make U.S. airports more congested, the investigative arm of Congress said Friday. Toulouse, France-based Airbus, which showed off the new superjumbo jet at U.S. airports last month, says the A380 will actually cut down on airport overcrowding by allowing 555 passengers to travel at a time.

But the Government Accountability Office said in a report those gains could be offset by requirements for increased distance between planes as a result of the A380's giant size.

In addition, the GAO said, most U.S. airports are not designed to house such a big airplane and may restrict the Airbus jet to certain runways. Other planes may need to be stopped when an A380 is nearby because of the plane's more than 260-foot wingspan, and airports may need to limit the use of nearby gates.

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Los Angeles International, the fifth-busiest airport worldwide, is expected to be the first U.S. destination for the A380 when it enters commercial service. The Los Angeles airports agency has completed $49 million worth of work and plans to spend another $72 million on projects to prepare Los Angeles International and Ontario (Calif.) International Airport for the big new jets.

Read the full article of:
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20070427/airbus-airport-congestion.htm

[1932]

1. I wonder if GAO will have a problem when Americans make a 550-passenger jet?

?

[dysfunctional press]

8. boeing went a different direction.

and it seems to be paying off.

[Kutjara]

2. They only figured this out now?

The A380 has been in development for a decade and airports around the world have been making modifications to accomodate it for at least the past five years, but the GAO has only just heard about it? I smell a rather large fish.

[wtmusic]

3. You mean a Boeing-Fish?

The bottom feeders that smell like influence?

[Kutjara]

4. That would be the species I'm smelling for sure.

An aroma redolent of corruption and pork.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

5. the only thing I see clogging airports are those shitty little baby jets

were going to need this thing since airport construction has effectively been abolished, see: El Toro!

[JCMach1]

6. Boeing propaganda piece...

[Scooter24]

9. Exactly how I read it...

I wonder which members pushed for this study.

[JCMach1]

12. Hard sell-- Matt Lauer was at the Boeing plant today- one long Today Show commercial

for Boeing and the 777

[dysfunctional press]

7. how will it clog airports when nobody is buying it?

meanwhile, boeing has been taking orders for the 787 hand over fist.

[northzax]

13. people tried to buy it

airbus just can't seem to deliver it.

and I don't think any of the customers in hand actually want to fly it to the US. I know Singapore plans to use it on the Kangaroo route when they get their first order in.

[TahitiNut]

10. I want to be watching from a safe place when one tries to land in San Diego.

:silly:

[CabalPowered]

11. Funny, I just watched the Aviator

Not entirely correct from a historical point of view but the plot is nearly the same.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338751/