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The biggest irony of the whole affair is, that the notorious delayed berlin airport was redesigned and rebuilt, to accommodate the A380 and when it was finally
by PicassoCTs 5y ago
The biggest irony of the whole affair is, that the notorious delayed berlin airport was redesigned and rebuilt, to accommodate the A380 and when it was finally done, the plane was no longer relevant.
- raverbashing 5y agoYeah but the changes needed are not exclusive for the A380, but fit the 777 and 350 as well (I think. At least the 777 and of course the 747 which is more common) Most airports came before the A380, you'd change one/two gates at most.
- alkonaut 5y ago777X gets folding wingtips, is that to fit in gates without needing any such changes?
- raverbashing 5y agoExactly that.
- coredog64 5y agoThe original 777 had an option for folding wingtips. ISTR American Airlines asked for it so that they could operate out of some space constrained airports on domestic routes. The engineering was done, the avionics have options for folding wingtips, and then nobody ever ordered the plane with them.
- 238475235243 5y agoPretty much nobody flies the 747 any more for passenger ops.
- ciceryadam 5y agoLufthansa does, 747-8s though.