You are correct, Al. Airbus should pick up the other 50%. Jose Prize Fan of somebody other than airports paying for the problems created by this beast In a message dated 11/30/2003 11:11:24 PM Eastern Standard Time, exatc@xxxxxxxxxx writes: > Subj: Re: AIRLINE Digest - 28 Nov 2003 to 29 Nov 2003 (#2003-196) > Date: 11/30/2003 11:11:24 PM Eastern Standard Time > From: <A HREF="mailto:exatc@xxxxxxxxxx";>exatc@xxxxxxxxxx</A> > Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";>AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</A> > To: <A HREF="mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";>AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</A> > Sent from the Internet > > > > Jose 50% is not enough. > Al > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <B787300@xxxxxxx> > To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2003 8:22 PM > Subject: Re: AIRLINE Digest - 28 Nov 2003 to 29 Nov 2003 (#2003-196) > > > >But the improvements needed will run in the hundreds of millions of > dollars > >for most airports and even after spending huge sums there will be > restrictions > >on other large aircraft taxiing or using runways adjacent to the big > beast. > > > >Why should other airlines, particularly the narrowbody operators like > >Southwest, AirTran, JetBlue and Spirit, have to pay increased airport fees > for all > >these required modifications and restrictions to benefit a few other > carriers > >with minimum operations daily? All of the airlines will pass their > increased > >fees on to the flying public so we'll all end up paying for a stupid > decision to > >build an aircraft too large to operate safely at most airports. > > > >Jose Prize > >Fan of Virgin but they and other A380 buyers should pay 50% of the airport > >construction costs >