A380 To Cardiff
Jul 26, 2013, 4:02 am
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I saw some tweeting by excited Cardiff people last night! I hope that you enjoy your first visit from the Whalejet!
Will you be maintaining them in Cardiff as you have been the B747s?
Ed
Will you be maintaining them in Cardiff as you have been the B747s?
Ed
Jul 29, 2013, 5:38 am
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BBC: A380 superjumbo flies into Cardiff Airport
BBC: A380 superjumbo flies into Cardiff Airport
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-s...wales-23485174
While I have no doubt the folks at Cardiff would like to see long haul service, I'm not sure how likely it is to actually happen.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-s...wales-23485174
British Airways' first A380 superjumbo has landed in Cardiff allowing the airport to test its ability to handle an aircraft of that size.
It was the first time the world's largest passenger plane had landed at Cardiff and BA hopes it will prove the airport can cope in the event of a diversion.
BA has a maintenance base at Cardiff Airport, employing hundreds of workers.
It was the first time the world's largest passenger plane had landed at Cardiff and BA hopes it will prove the airport can cope in the event of a diversion.
BA has a maintenance base at Cardiff Airport, employing hundreds of workers.
While I have no doubt the folks at Cardiff would like to see long haul service, I'm not sure how likely it is to actually happen.
Jul 29, 2013, 7:28 am
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Jul 29, 2013, 10:16 am
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This quote from the BBC article tickled me:
My extensive experience of CWL - my local airport - is that it struggles to handle well aircraft a quarter of the size of the A380.
British Airways' first A380 superjumbo has visited Cardiff allowing the airport to test its ability to handle an aircraft of that size.
Jul 30, 2013, 1:46 am
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Looks like we have the A380 in SNN today!! http://www.clareherald.com/2013/07/a...-tomorrow.html
Jul 30, 2013, 5:26 am
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Welcome to SNN^https://twitter.com/shannon_airport/...567616/photo/1
Jul 30, 2013, 6:41 am
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Looks like she's on her way to LGW!
http://www.flightradar24.com/BAW9153
Keep an eye out if you're in the lounge...
http://www.flightradar24.com/BAW9153
Keep an eye out if you're in the lounge...
Jul 30, 2013, 1:38 pm
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A380 To Cardiff
Just saw her as I landed on 27L - had just wandered past 3 parked A380s (SQ, EK and QF) heading down to engineering it seemed. Looked good!