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Old Jul 4, 2013 | 9:02 am
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Originally Posted by Avnu
Well, if he really meant to say A320 and didn't use it as a general example, he could be referring to the one flight on Saturdays and/or Sundays that uses that aircraft type. Still, not sure I would take the chance just based on that quote
Note also that he says "Travellers going to Frankfurt for example will turn up at the airport expecting to get on an A320 and they’ll see an A380 instead": the 'for example' could mean

a) using Frankfurt as an example, in the Frankfurt/Stockholm scenario, or

b) people expecting an A320 for example, as one of several aircraft types on that route

To me, Frank's sentence construction throughout the interview seems to indicate (b) - it's not the obvious choice, because to say "to get on an A320, for example, and they’ll see an A380 instead" would be more correct, but English is not his first language and the syntax throughout the interview is clearly a bit out of kilter with what one might otherwise expect. I hope that helps, at any rate!
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