The new 550-seat A380 aircraft will allow airlines to get more passengers on fewer flights, easing airport congestion and making the most of coveted flight slots, Brown said. If the above logic is accurate, then all the flts now should be operated by DC10/MD11 B747 etc iso those damn little RJ's. Long domestic flights -4-5 hours are being operated by 125 psgr cattlecars, fifty flights a day on some routes-why not 10 large capacity acfts instead? ""easing airport congestion" per airbuss