This article from 2020 on why only 1 airport in Portugal can land a 380. https://simpleflying.com/hi-fly-airbus-a380-lisbon/ https://simpleflying.com/hi-fly-ai

This article from 2020 on why only 1 airport in Portugal can land a 380. https://simpleflying.com/hi-fly-airbus-a380-lisbon/ https://simpleflying.com/hi-fly-airbus-a380-lisbon/ And this article [1] on my city's airport from 2011 on why landing the A380 was such a big deal. And why they had to spend $4MM to upgrade a single gate. It was a fairly big deal at the time because you couldn't plug a A380 into a 747 slot. And it was almost 3 years after production before KMIA could accept a A380 as normal service. [1] https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2011-10-24-fl-airbus-a380-revisited-20111023-story.html https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2011-10-24-fl-airbu...