But the factor no one brings up is you will need at least double the intrail separation on final (Wake turbulence) . Al ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bahadir Acuner" <bahadiracuner@xxxxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 11:50 PM Subject: Re: Airbus, Boeing Serve Up Two Visions Of Future Air Travel > That's called a PR spin :) no congestion on the tarmac but bazaar like > setting in the terminal .. Yep.. > > BAHA > Fan of Airbus and Boeing coming up with best spins , and I am not talking > about the aeronautical one.. > > -----Original Message----- > From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Dennis W Zeuch > Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 7:25 PM > To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Airbus, Boeing Serve Up Two Visions Of Future Air Travel > > 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 >