A380 ‘answer to crowded airports’

Tuesday, 11 Nov, 2009 0

 

 
Emirates president Tim Clark has extolled the virtues of the Airbus A38O super jumbo as a ‘great crowd-puller’

Speaking at World Travel Market, he said the double deck aircraft was the answer for capacity constrained airports such as Heathrow.

Predicting a pick up in international travel, Clark said: "The sort of thing to do in places like Heathrow is to go with bigger aircraft. It will relieve pressure on those airports."

He described the A38O as being more fuel efficient than expected and "hugely profitable".

Clark added: “The faster you fly it, the less fuel it burns.”
Emirates currently has five of the aircraft in its fleet operating 16 hours a day and 9O per cent full.

by Phil Davies



 

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