Originally Posted by
cornishsimon
Thanks for your input 13900
this is simply why I love Flyertalk
out ur of interest did IAG ever consider building mx infrastructure for the A388 fleet or was it always discounted ?
also are current facilities at CWL/LHR able to accommodate future deliveries?
cs
IAG doesn't operate enough A380s to make a maintenance facility viable - ideally at least two parallel heavy maintenance lines is the minimum efficient loading so you would be talking of a fleet approaching 50 to provide this. LHT in MNL service BA QF KE etc (as well as other types) so it is viable for them. And agree with CWS - in the last few days taxi out times at MNL have approached 90 minutes. It is a congestion nightmare, on arrival, on departure, at immigration, on the roads....The airlines have campaigned for the closure (or non use in normal ops) of the perpendicular runway - with the right equipment and run like LGW the capacity could be near doubled but the authorities have failed to grasp this. I believe NATS have even advised them thus.