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Nov 15, 2005 | 3:53 pm

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Originally Posted by BahrainLad

Interesting they compare trip costs rather than seat-mile. I'm sure if you fill an A380 it'll wipe the floor with this in economic terms.

Now, about those routes where you can fill an A380....DXB-GVA anyone?

That's the thing though, when using seat mile costs, you have got to fill all the seats. And the A380 does have a lot more seats to fill.

So for airlines looking for something large, but unsure if they can fill an A380 year round, the 747 might be a very attractive option because there are more chances of filling all the seats.

I'm very interested to see how this will develop.

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