On Fri, 19 May 2006 15:28:48 GMT, Gene Kearns
wrote:

On 19 May 2006 05:49:57 -0700, "basskisser"
wrote:



http://tinyurl.com/lesw7

What do you know! Despite all the naysayers, it does fly!!

I don't think anybody ever said it wouldn't fly... question is "for
what purpose?" and "Where?"

On the departure end you have to have a gazillion people all headed to
the same airport and on the arrival end you have to have an airport
that actually wants the thing to land.... and there have been a lot of
airports that have invited the thing to stay away.

Most large airports can't justify the capital improvements necessary
to accommodate an aircraft of that size and possibly... weight.
Locally, we'll have accommodations, but only because a major package
carrier will have a hub and is buying the pieces of crap for freight
hauling.... which is probably the best thing for them to do.

A report on CNN gave the rationale as 'ramp space'. Some airlines, like
Singapore Airlines (I think) are allowed only one flight into some major
airports per day, because of a lack of ramp space. The airlines have the
demand for more passengers, but can only land one airplane per day at the
airport. With the Airbus, they can double (or so) the number of passengers,
especially the first class folks where all the money is.
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'Til next time,

John H

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