Will Airbus A380 Ever Come?
I enjoyed seeing the A380 visit JFK last spring but was wondering when she will finally come as a regular visitor. The Port Authority spent a small fortune to reinforce and widen both runways as well as taxiways for the A380 at JFK. I know that they are having some technical problems. Perhaps it was a bad idea in this day and age when fuel is so expensive, to build an airliner which travels at subsonic speed and will probably fly with many empty seats unless deep discounts are given. Sailing aboard the spacious Queen Mary 2 doesn't seem so bad after all.
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Emirates starts it in October.
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yeah, read about it here:
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Does anyone know when Lufthansa is starting their A380 service FRA-JFK? I think that they take delivery of their first aircraft 2013, service expected to start soon after?
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Per Lufthansa's web site, they are scheduled to take delivery of their first A380 in the summer of 2009.
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Woops! The site I was looking at has Virgin Atlantic right next to Lufthansa, I took a glance while writing the post and wrote 2013... oh well, even better!