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Airbus Expanded A380 could hold up to 1,000 passengers
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If that isn't big enough, ABT claims Lufthansa and Air France are already considering an even larger version, dubbed the A380-1000, which could hold as many as 1,000 passengers.
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If that isn't big enough, ABT claims Lufthansa and Air France are already considering an even larger version, dubbed the A380-1000, which could hold as many as 1,000 passengers.
Where will it all end?
I have wondered where it will all end too, I think it will all end when one of them crashes, or when two of them do a "tenerife" and 2000 people die.
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I have wondered where it will all end too, I think it will all end when one of them crashes, or when two of them do a "tenerife" and 2000 people die.
That looks alike big cruise ships, doesn't it? Why can't have more than 1,000 passengers capacity on entire A380-1000. I tink it will have survived the passengers & the crew, too. Why can't have more flight attendant on A380-1000. Why can't brings more than 40 FA on operate A380-1000?
Hmm... I doubt US carriers would order these... it's more about point-to-point and higher frequency these days rather than higher-capacity, less frequency.
The old JAL 747-100 that crashed had over 500 passengers. These numbers aren't a stretch - I wonder how many the current A380 could hold in a high-density configuration. 700 to 800+?
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The old JAL 747-100 that crashed had over 500 passengers. These numbers aren't a stretch - I wonder how many the current A380 could hold in a high-density configuration. 700 to 800+?
According to the article posted in the OP, Austral Airlines is thinking of getting an A380 in all-economy configuration, it would have over 850 seats.
According to their wiki page, their current biggest jet is an MD82 with 142 seats, I wonder if they are thinking of flying to Madrid with their new economy class A380?
According to their wiki page, their current biggest jet is an MD82 with 142 seats, I wonder if they are thinking of flying to Madrid with their new economy class A380?
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The current A380 is certified for up to IIRC 855 passengers. I don't know all of the requirements that is based on, but one of them is the ability to fully evacuate the plane in 90 seconds using 1/2 of the total exits IIRC.
I don't know which airline crams the most seats into their current 380s, checking a few operators on SeatGuru found airlines putting between around 480 and 540 seats in.
So if a version of the 380 is certified for 1000 pax, most likely that will translate into around 600-700 in real use, unless some Japanese airline buys them for domestic use, that's where the real sardine can 747s are.
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Hmm... I doubt US carriers would order these... it's more about point-to-point and higher frequency these days rather than higher-capacity, less frequency.
That model can be undone if fuel prices continue to rise...
The current A380 is certified for up to IIRC 855 passengers.
I remember 853
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I don't know all of the requirements that is based on, but one of them is the ability to fully evacuate the plane in 90 seconds using 1/2 of the total exits IIRC.
Which Airbus did. In 79 seconds.
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I don't know which airline crams the most seats into their current 380s, checking a few operators on SeatGuru found airlines putting between around 480 and 540 seats in.
Air France has 538, but thy are decreasing it.
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So if a version of the 380 is certified for 1000 pax, most likely that will translate into around 600-700 in real use, unless some Japanese airline buys them for domestic use, that's where the real sardine can 747s are.
The biggest plane in the world is flown by Corsair. 582 seats, and long-haul: it flies Paris-Reunion.
Air France flies real sardine can B777-300ERs, with 472 seats. Domestic, too. And longhaul.
