sunjet
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Post by sunjet on May 22, 2013 12:16:32 GMT 1
How likely is it for an airline to operate the A380 to a major tourist destination, such as the Caribbean, Cancun, etc.? It has the possibility for to carry high numbers but will it ever be realised?  |
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Post by airny on May 22, 2013 12:52:16 GMT 1
Probably at one stage with second hand A380's going to charter airlines, such as Corsair?
Or Transaero flying from Moscow to popular destinations in Thailand and the likes.
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Post by eastmids13 on May 22, 2013 16:41:31 GMT 1
I think it is likely, especially around sporting events or the Hajii (& Orlando!!!). I can see Rio picking up flights come the World Cup & Olympics, especially from European & African hubs in the case of the World Cup (depending who qualifies). Regarding places like say Caribbean Islands, Phuket, etc I think the constraints would be the cost of runway development & sufficient flight length to make the cost per km per seat viable over other aircraft for a summer / winter season. You could argue that some destinations are holiday destination already... e.g. BKK.
Personally for winter sports I'd like to see Calgary or Vancouver (Edmonton is about 4-5 hours too far Fab380)! :-)
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Baroque
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Post by Baroque on May 22, 2013 19:10:37 GMT 1
Probably at one stage with second hand A380's going to charter airlines, such as Corsair? I'm waiting to see what happens when Whalejets start hitting the used market. Will the LCCs and charter airlines bite? CASM-wise we have a number of operators like SQ and KE operating a sub-500 seat layout and are still satisfied with the fuel burn. SQ stated that their planes burn 20% less fuel than the 747. I imagine LCCs would be sqeezing in 650+ seats for very good efficiency while still offering a very comfortable seating layout. It sounds like a win-win. But of course, the question is, IF they can fill it up. It's a shame that Air Austral may never take up the 840 seat behemoths.  |
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Post by Festus on May 22, 2013 23:06:42 GMT 1
I don't know if one could consider e.g. FRA-MIA a tourist destination. But LH uses of course the normal layout.
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Post by thv2001be on May 23, 2013 8:18:01 GMT 1
Can BKK be considered as a holiday destination? Nevertheless, I'm pretty sure that Phuket (HKT) will see A380s sooner or later when we see how this airport has grown in terms of passengers in the past years.
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Post by eastmids13 on May 23, 2013 10:34:27 GMT 1
Can BKK be considered as a holiday destination? Nevertheless, I'm pretty sure that Phuket (HKT) will see A380s sooner or later when we see how this airport has grown in terms of passengers in the past years. Thinking about this I'd imagine holiday/tourists destinations that would have a slight chance of becoming likely would have sufficient volume of economy tourism to put a big jet on (daily or every other day)...or be a mid-high end or luxury destination that many of us have seen on tv/films or in the press & dream of visiting visit (e.g. on safari so maybe a budget safari travel lodge would be required too) - my image would be that these destinations would be weekly (maybe on travel packages). Further possibilities over coffee...from a European standpoint (in addition to Phuket) potentially Cape Town, Havana, Nairobi/Mobasa, Tenerife (?) West Coast USA to South Island NZ, Great Barrier Reef, Vietnam (like many Europeans visit Ypres/Normandy) East Coast USA maybe Cape Town Canada to Caribbean or Havana In reality though I see very few opportunities (other than Orlando & maybe Phuket from Germany/UK/Wekkly from Scandinavia) without conjoined thinking or good tie ups to create a 'value package'. |
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Post by sunjet on May 23, 2013 12:14:48 GMT 1
Thinking about the Caribbean, not sure how many of the island airports could handle the 'Whale'. |
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Post by Baroque on May 23, 2013 19:40:26 GMT 1
Thinking about the Caribbean, not sure how many of the island airports could handle the 'Whale'. In what way? Whalejet is better than a 744 in runway performance. And I'm thinking the immigration lines will be better than anything at LHR even though they would have smaller capacity airports.  |
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Post by mjoelnir on May 23, 2013 21:40:31 GMT 1
I would say of course. Now it is the still a rather new toy for the big boys. The moment they appear on the used market they will be used for mass travel. To big? Never.
I have been flown from Iceland on a B 747-300 for a weekend trip. When you can fill on Iceland with 300.000 population a B 747 once in a while for a trip, than a bigger place will be able to fill a A380.
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