Worst major airport to arrive at in an A380?
Sep 29, 2003, 5:48 pm
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Worst major airport to arrive at in an A380?
Anyone wants to play this game?
I'd nominate
SYD - luggage retrieval belts to small to cope
SEA - U.S. immigration and the whole arrivals hall is too small
HKG - not at the Y - will take forever to get on board the (single) train
I'd nominate
SYD - luggage retrieval belts to small to cope
SEA - U.S. immigration and the whole arrivals hall is too small
HKG - not at the Y - will take forever to get on board the (single) train
Oct 3, 2003, 3:01 pm
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I would love to name a few numbers of airports in the world that just deserves to be criticise.
Before I start my list, what's A380. Is it Airbus380. Does it count if I land myself in a terrbile airport that chould be nominated in this thread if it was in a different aircraft?
To start off: London Heathrow's immigration queue. It's just terrible and their luggage hadlings too. It's fast but too crowded. Their trolleys are the worst in the world.
Before I start my list, what's A380. Is it Airbus380. Does it count if I land myself in a terrbile airport that chould be nominated in this thread if it was in a different aircraft?
To start off: London Heathrow's immigration queue. It's just terrible and their luggage hadlings too. It's fast but too crowded. Their trolleys are the worst in the world.
Oct 6, 2003, 2:22 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Biggy:
Before I start my list, what's A380. Is it Airbus380. Does it count if I land myself in a terrbile airport that chould be nominated in this thread if it was in a different aircraft?
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Before I start my list, what's A380. Is it Airbus380. Does it count if I land myself in a terrbile airport that chould be nominated in this thread if it was in a different aircraft?
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Oct 7, 2003, 10:37 am
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I don't think the extra 200 pax will make a difference. At IAD, 90% of the int'l widebodies seem to land in a 1 hr window, and create an imigration line long enough for the president of LH to claim the third world does a better job.
Oct 11, 2003, 12:41 am
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I thibk MEX would be the worst airport to fly in/out on an A380.
If a high density seating arrqangement was used (is Southwest ever uses the A380 on busy routes) the a/c would load appr. 955 pax!
Good Luck!
RC
If a high density seating arrqangement was used (is Southwest ever uses the A380 on busy routes) the a/c would load appr. 955 pax!
Good Luck!
RC