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Old May 3, 2005 | 11:23 am
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Originally Posted by xyzzy
So much for room for casinos, etc. I'm surprised it has taken this long for someone to ask for an 850 seat version.
SQ is installing 480 seats in their A380s, which is 105 more then their top-end 744 config (with the suites in First and SpaceBeds in Raffles). So it will carry roughly one-third more people then a 744, which seems to fit the "two A380s instead of three 747s" replacement rule-of-thumb.
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