--Boundary_(ID_tib2A1+dEEjssG1Odn6jMQ) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT On Wednesday, Dec 3, 2003, at 11:34 America/Anchorage, Liam Tully wrote: > With FedEx being a customer, > what about MEM & ANC? > > Liam. > YVR. > Yes, ANC is seen as an early airport for the A380F. ANC boasts of being the #1 US airport in cargo tons landed so they've already begun some runway and taxiway projects that I think were in part to enable the A380F. I've worked many An-124s and even got on the An-225 when it was here a dozen years ago so I have no doubt the airport will be ready for the A380F. I'm sure there are plans for the pax version as well. Some pax carriers here have ordered the A380...but I suspect any early appearance would be due to a drop-in. Here's something from the Airbus website on their airport team: .... The team, which works closely with Airbus marketing, is targeting as a priority 21 airports that will serve the first A380 passenger aircraft from 2006 and 2007. These include Johannesburg, South Africa, Bangkok, Thailand, Dubai, UAE and other major airports served today by the Boeing 747. Following these are those that will serve the A380-800F freighter aircraft from 2008. These include emerging hubs such as Osaka Kansai, Japan, Anchorage, USA, as well as larger airports such as Memphis, USA, the base of Federal Express. Also - Airbus has a pretty extensive site for airport planning purposes at: http://www.airbus.com/product/a380_planning.asp Mike --Boundary_(ID_tib2A1+dEEjssG1Odn6jMQ) Content-type: text/enriched; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT On Wednesday, Dec 3, 2003, at 11:34 America/Anchorage, Liam Tully wrote: <excerpt>With FedEx being a customer, what about MEM & ANC? Liam. YVR. </excerpt> Yes, ANC is seen as an early airport for the A380F. ANC boasts of being the #1 US airport in cargo tons landed so they've already begun some runway and taxiway projects that I think were in part to enable the A380F. I've worked many An-124s and even got on the An-225 when it was here a dozen years ago so I have no doubt the airport will be ready for the A380F. I'm sure there are plans for the pax version as well. Some pax carriers here have ordered the A380...but I suspect any early appearance would be due to a drop-in. Here's something from the Airbus website on their airport team: <bold><color><param>E5E5,6666,0000</param><bigger><bigger><bigger>....</bigger></bigger></bigger></color></bold><fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><color><param>3333,2222,5050</param> The team, which works closely with Airbus marketing, is targeting as a priority 21 airports that will serve the first A380 passenger aircraft from 2006 and 2007. These include Johannesburg, South Africa, Bangkok, Thailand, Dubai, UAE and other major airports served today by the Boeing 747. Following these are those that will serve the A380-800F freighter aircraft from 2008. These include emerging hubs such as Osaka Kansai, Japan, Anchorage, USA, as well as larger airports such as Memphis, USA, the base of Federal Express. </color></fontfamily> Also - Airbus has a pretty extensive site for airport planning purposes at: http://www.airbus.com/product/a380_planning.asp Mike --Boundary_(ID_tib2A1+dEEjssG1Odn6jMQ)--