"The A380’s main selling point is meant to be its ability to relieve pressure at crowded airports such as Heathrow by delivering hundreds more passengers for each landing slot."
"But the A380 that landed at Heathrow had to conform to interim rules, which meant that it took up two landing slots, with an interval of more than four minutes between its arrival and the next landing."
"Unless the interim rules are relaxed, an A380 carrying 550 passengers would use up the same runway capacity as two 747s carrying 800 people. Tony Douglas, managing director of Heathrow, said: “If the A380 takes two slots it would cause a problem and airlines might not want to use it."
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2187526.html
Imagine it will get sorted out, hence the oops rather than 'oh dear'. But it would certainly be funny if the guys designing it didn't think of this and ended with a plane carrying 50% more people, but only being able to fly half as often.
"But the A380 that landed at Heathrow had to conform to interim rules, which meant that it took up two landing slots, with an interval of more than four minutes between its arrival and the next landing."
"Unless the interim rules are relaxed, an A380 carrying 550 passengers would use up the same runway capacity as two 747s carrying 800 people. Tony Douglas, managing director of Heathrow, said: “If the A380 takes two slots it would cause a problem and airlines might not want to use it."
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2187526.html
Imagine it will get sorted out, hence the oops rather than 'oh dear'. But it would certainly be funny if the guys designing it didn't think of this and ended with a plane carrying 50% more people, but only being able to fly half as often.
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