On or about Sun, 18 Jan 2004 22:34:34 GMT, Chad Irby
allegedly uttered:

In article ,
"Rostyslaw J. Lewyckyj" wrote:

The Black Veil wrote:

It should be real funny too when Airbus discovers that airports
simply don't want the hassle of the A380.

Who would lock them out and why?

Airports that don't want to have to redesign their whole system to
handle a two-deck airliner.

For example, part of the reason Orlando is holding off on a new terminal
addition is to figure out if it's worthwhile to make the new layout
capable of handling such monsters. Most smaller airports just won't
have the cash to build double-deck embarkation ramps until they see a
lot of *other* places building them. Chicken-and-egg problem.

If you actually check out the Airbus website, they have addressed this
problem, with options for single or twin deck embarkation/debarkation.
Hence the particularly wide stairs.

Using just the main cabin level to deplane is a 14 minute evolution,
filling her up again is 22 minutes. Sounds pretty good to me for a 555
passenger layout.

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