When Does The Scheduled A380 Visit Happen?

[english_farang_lady]

Heard the Airbus A380 is coming to Bkk for a visit, but dont know the exact arrival time/date(s).

Can anyone out there find out or know the timings?

Thank you.

[Thaising]

Heard the Airbus A380 is coming to Bkk for a visit, but dont know the exact arrival time/date(s).

Can anyone out there find out or know the timings?

Thank you.

Topic covered at http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=94947

[english_farang_lady]

Heard the Airbus A380 is coming to Bkk for a visit, but dont know the exact arrival time/date(s).

Can anyone out there find out or know the timings?

Thank you.

Topic covered at http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=94947

Yep, thank you Thaising, I see the topic was covered, and in fact already read that. But I am asking more the time it is due to land. Does anyone out there know?

[Thanyaburi Mac]

Heard the Airbus A380 is coming to Bkk for a visit, but dont know the exact arrival time/date(s).

Can anyone out there find out or know the timings?

Thank you.

Looks like it's on the ground there now. Following from the Bangkok Post www site.

Mac

BREAKING NEWS

A380 superjumbo arrives in Thailand

(Agencies)

Thailand today welcomed the A380 superjumbo on its first visit to the kingdom, a day after European plane maker Airbus promised no more delays in delivery of the aircraft.

The world's largest plane arrived at Suvarnabhumi Airport at about 1:20 pm, and a group of 20 airline officials applauded as the 555-seat jumbo touched down at the new airport.

The A380, carrying 55 passengers and five crew, flew direct from Toulouse, France to Suvarnabhumi, and will leave Bangkok and return to France on Thursday.

The previously unscheduled trip is widely seen a move by Airbus to convince Thai Airways not to cancel its order for six planes after the flag carrier demanded compensation for the hold up.

Ian Thomas, an analyst at the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation in Sydney, said that the trip was also important because Suvarnabhumi Airport, which opened just over two months ago, was designed to accommodate the A380.

"Airbus is now in a position where it has to start realizing some of the potential that's offered by the aircraft,'' he said.

Bangkok was noticeably missing from the A380's globe-spanning test that wrapped up last week, although the plane stopped in several other Asian countries.

Airbus' director of product marketing, Richard Carcaillet, on Monday declined to comment on the negotiations with Thai Airways over possible compensation for the delays but insisted that Airbus would stick to the latest delivery schedule.

"We are very confident there will be no delay,'' he said. "Thai's delivery will be on time.''

Thai has ordered six of the A380s, with three now scheduled for delivery in 2011, delayed from 2009. No delivery date has been set for the remaining three aircraft.

If Thai canceled its order, it would be Airbus's first loss of a contract for the passenger version of the plane. Thai Airways president Apinan Sumanaseni said Saturday that the airline was in talks with Airbus on compensation for the delays.

Thai Airways had planned to use the superjumbos on some of its most popular routes, flying from Bangkok to Frankfurt, London and Tokyo.