But if you can't get them off the runway to the gate's it's a mute point. If I'm not mistaken the FAA and/or the Asian counterpart would have to approve the operations specs/manual for the airport for them to go there. What makes us/them think any existing airport is capable of accomodating the aircraft on the "movement areas"? Al ----- Original Message ----- From: <B787300@xxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 3:05 PM Subject: Re: AIRLINE Digest - 28 Nov 2003 to 29 Nov 2003 (#2003-196) > I presume you are correct about having the Asian airlines in mind and it > certainly sounds logical. However, somebody at Airbus is intelligent enough to > know that the Asian carriers would want to serve LAX with the beast. Airbus > should have approached the airport to see if there would be any problems with the