Airbus Super Jumbo Arrives In Bangkok On Asian Tour

[Thaising]

BANGKOK : The world's largest passenger jet, the Airbus A380, arrived Friday in Bangkok, the first leg of its four-city Asian tour, as the European aero giant aimed to expand growth against competitor Boeing.

The double-decker plane landed at Bangkok's glitzy Suvarnabhumi Airport from Toulouse, southern France, where the European plane maker is headquartered, a Thai public relation firm for Airbus said.

The super jumbo will make a round trip from Bangkok to Thailand's northern tourist hub, Chiang Mai, Saturday, and then fly to Hanoi on Sunday.

The A380 will be a showcase of Asia's largest air show in Hong Kong as it is expected to fly across the city's famous Victoria harbour on Monday.

The plane will then arrive Wednesday in Seoul, the last stop of the Airbus promotional tour.

Singapore Airlines is set to become the first to fly the A380 on October 25 with a flight from Singapore to Sydney.

An online auction for that flight is underway, with bidders offering thousands of US dollars for coveted seats on the first commercial flight of the super jumbo.

Can Chaing Mai Airport runway take such a big bird.?

[cdnvic]

The airport at Chiang Mai can easily handle 747s and the A380s undercarriage has been designed so that it exerts no more load than the Boeing.

[jimmym40]

Anyone know the schedule for landing or taking off from Chiang Mai.

[cdnvic]

Anyone know the schedule for landing or taking off from Chiang Mai.

10:30am Sept 1

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[Ricardo]

The airport at Chiang Mai can easily handle 747s and the A380s undercarriage has been designed so that it exerts no more load than the Boeing.

The A380 also takes a shorter run than the elderly 747, to take-off, despite its much-larger capacity. This shows just how far aircraft-design has advanced, since the first Jumbo-Jet was on the drawing-boards, some 35-40 years ago.

I'm taking the kids to watch it land, here in C.M.

[peter991]

Singapore Airlines is set to become the first to fly the A380 on October 25 with a flight from Singapore to Sydney.

Less than 2 weeks later, I am flying Singapore Airlines from BNE (Brisbane) to SIN (Singapore). I was hoping to travel on the new Airbus A380 - but I just checked Singapore Airlines website and I am on a Boeing B777-200/200ER (configuration J30 Y293) - much nicer than Thai Airways old Airbus A330 - but NOT the Airbus A380.

Anybody know when the A380 becomes a regular between Australia and Bangkok ?

Peter

[cdnvic]

Apparently Singapore plans to use the first 380 on the "Kangaroo Route" (LHR-SIN-SYD).

[george]

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