A380 in WAW
Mar 20, 2011, 4:37 pm
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A380 in WAW
A380 landed in WAW last Sunday
do you happen to know how come they landed in WAW
I ve heard about 380 flying to las palmas which was widely advertised
but this WAW flight was to me unexpected
is there any source where you can get such news and fly 380 on a short haul flight?
thanks
do you happen to know how come they landed in WAW
I ve heard about 380 flying to las palmas which was widely advertised
but this WAW flight was to me unexpected
is there any source where you can get such news and fly 380 on a short haul flight?
thanks
Mar 20, 2011, 5:24 pm
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According to libhomeradar.org D-AIMA flew as LH9915, LH9916, LH9919 and LH9920 all on 19 March. These flight numbers have found the following:
http://www.airliners.net/aviation-fo....main/5096063/
http://www.airliners.net/aviation-fo...d.main/5095282
It looks like D-AIMA went on a little outing on Saturday as follows:
LH9915 FRA-WAW
LH9916 WAW-IST
LH9919 IST-MLA
LH9920 MLA-FRA
http://www.airliners.net/aviation-fo....main/5096063/
http://www.airliners.net/aviation-fo...d.main/5095282
It looks like D-AIMA went on a little outing on Saturday as follows:
LH9915 FRA-WAW
LH9916 WAW-IST
LH9919 IST-MLA
LH9920 MLA-FRA
Mar 21, 2011, 8:56 am
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I don't know what they do, but LH manages to pull off a great show sending the A380 into various european countries. The visit to nordic, italy and now poland was a big crowd puller.
Mar 22, 2011, 9:46 pm
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Is PR what they are doing with the planes as long as they do not fly to Japan with them? Or do they overhaul them? Yesterday, for the first time, I saw three LH A380 in FRA at the same time (one at C14, two at LH technik).
Mar 23, 2011, 8:13 am
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At least in Scandinavia they flew to HEL, ARN, CPH to test them as emergency landing airports.
Mar 23, 2011, 9:13 am
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nah, the HEL and other nordic events were pure publicity. We got some FTers on board in HEL and OSL and the entire event was to gain traction in the local market. In HEL there were severely restricted in which sections of the airport they could taxi the A380 because most of the areas were off limits due to various weight and width restrictions.
Mar 23, 2011, 10:13 am
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Seen the bird at IST last saturday as our LX flight was parked right next to it. Have been a bit surprised by that... 
However it seemed to be an event just for the people working at the airport. I just saw airlines/airport personnel near the gate. So I wonder who was invited for a tour or if it just has been a show-off, flying over the city with the big bird...
However it seemed to be an event just for the people working at the airport. I just saw airlines/airport personnel near the gate. So I wonder who was invited for a tour or if it just has been a show-off, flying over the city with the big bird...
Mar 23, 2011, 11:42 am
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hey,
we (my company) got invites from the Polish LH GM to join crowd of ~100 (warm place for waiting, 20-people tours inside, catering). Unfortunately a party day before, snow outside and the temperature next to 0C prevented us from getting up at 530 on SAT. Now I regret I must admit
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