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Post by FabienA380 on Jul 8, 2013 3:33:26 GMT 1
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Post by Jkkw on Jul 8, 2013 14:55:16 GMT 1
A photo of the arrival, courtesy Joe Kovacic, from this article Annoyingly, Sydney airport is lagging behind compared to other major airport, and it's only set to get worse. The capacity problem with the A380 is partly due to the fact the airport has an peak of international arrivals in the morning, due to the curfew and departure time from cities across Asia. The majority of all A380 flights arrive between 5 and 7 in the morning with 2 Qantas flights, 1 Singapore and 1 Emirates flight. The China Southern flight will also arrive in the morning, although slightly later. The A380 has been great for Sydney doing exactly as designed, increasing capacity without the need to increase flights however having arrived in the Sydney morning peak multiple times, the increase in flights and the upgauging of aircraft has led to longer lines at immigration and even longer lines and time spent at Quarantine (Here in Australia all international arrivals go through strict quarantine checks). So whilst the aircraft's been great for airlines it's been problematic for passengers where the airport infrastructure is not adequate. |
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Post by Jkkw on Sept 11, 2013 9:01:58 GMT 1
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Post by philidor on Sept 12, 2013 13:44:04 GMT 1
Some more information is provided by : avherald.com/h?article=468459bf&opt=0 Taking off from Sydney on September 10th 2013, MSN 50 (QF 9) induced a runway pavement failure. The aircraft was not affected, but the runway had to be closed for a few hours for repair. From readers' comments it appears that the incident was caused by the delamination of a composite runway (made of an asphalt overlay covering an older concrete pavement). |
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Post by peter on Sept 12, 2013 15:52:53 GMT 1
Well, Amsterdam Schiphol may be considered a big airport, but they can only handle two or three A380's at the same time. A380 RestrictionsScroll down to the bottom of the page and you'll see only a very small portion of AMS terminals are accesible for the DoubleDecker. |
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Post by seibedom on Sept 12, 2013 20:07:13 GMT 1
Well, Amsterdam Schiphol may be considered a big airport, but they can only handle two or three A380's at the same time. A380 RestrictionsScroll down to the bottom of the page and you'll see only a very small portion of AMS terminals are accesible for the DoubleDecker. What I found interesting as well is this order: "A380 taxi only with thrust on inner engines." |
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Post by mjoelnir on Sept 12, 2013 22:51:29 GMT 1
Well, Amsterdam Schiphol may be considered a big airport, but they can only handle two or three A380's at the same time. A380 RestrictionsScroll down to the bottom of the page and you'll see only a very small portion of AMS terminals are accesible for the DoubleDecker. What I found interesting as well is this order: "A380 taxi only with thrust on inner engines." I think the thrust on inner engines only is very common for the A 380. |
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Post by Baroque on Sept 12, 2013 23:10:23 GMT 1
What I found interesting as well is this order: "A380 taxi only with thrust on inner engines." Well, it makes sense. The A380's outboard engines are so far out that they already need pretty wide runways for take off or landing and does not use reverse thrusters due to the likelihood of damage to engines and runway. So use of these engines along taxiways is a definite no no.  |
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Post by Jkkw on Sept 2, 2014 11:24:22 GMT 1
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Post by philidor on Sept 4, 2014 12:15:00 GMT 1
Part of the problem is LHR's insufficient adaptation to modern VLAs. The reason A380s take more time to taxi at LHR is that they are banned from using some taxiways. Ongoing airport improvements should eventually fix that problem. |
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