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Old Sep 23, 2022 | 4:17 am
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No aircraft at T5 - surely not!
Today I thought I would take a look at google earth to see which gates support A380s (I know.. I'm sad!).

The image was shot on 4 Oct 2020 and from the shadows looks like it was close to mid day - there was not a single aircraft at T5.... and looking further afield none at the other terminals. There were only 2 aircraft around at the time, one about to take off and the other entering the apron at T4. I realise that this was mid pandemic - but I flew to ZRH on 10 Oct that year so there must have been SOME planes around. To me the image is quite remarkable and is a graphic demonstration of what was going on (or not!).

Take a look for yourself (I was not sure about grabbing and pasting here for copyright reasons).:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.47...m1!1e3!5m1!1e4

Anyway - which gates at T5 DO support A380s?
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