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Photos: Flying in Style on Airbus A380

Posted February 10, 2007 11:51 AM

From CNET News.com:

The world's largest passenger aircraft seats up to 840 people and has reclining seats and plenty of in-flight entertainment. With a 239-foot-long fuselage (the length of eight London double-decker buses), a 262-foot wingspan (enough room to park 70 cars) and an engine thrust at takeoff equivalent to 2,500 cars, the A380 is longer, taller, wider and 118 tons heavier than the reigning heavyweight, Boeing's 747.

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02/10/2007 11:39 PM

Too bad they have so totally mismanaged their project. What is the new delivery date? 2009-2010

Now they have left it to Boeing to pick up the pieces.
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02/11/2007 12:05 PM

I had heard that the added space between the seats was due to the aircraft being overweight and that they couldn't cram as many seats in as they had initially planed. It's probably not true but in any rate can anybody imagine any airline leaving the sort of leg room shown in the pictures on any operational aircraft?

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02/11/2007 1:34 PM

From a public relations point of view, everyone would love a plane that provided the luxury of space, hence the promotional piece. I suspect though that when operators take delivery the seating will be maxed out.
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