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Asiana Gets First Airbus A380 Jumbo Jet

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Asiana Airlines, one of South Korea’s two major airlines, received its first Airbus A380 jumbo jet Monday, making the carrier the 11th operator of the world’s largest aircraft. The double-deck plane is the world’s largest commercial aircraft flying today. It was delivered to the airline’s chairman, Park Sam Koo, by Airbus CEO Fabrice Brégier, in Toulouse, France. Asiana has five additional A380s on order. Each is powered... (www.frequentbusinesstraveler.com) Ещё...

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pawsnursery47
pawsnursery47 4
Why does it say that Asiana has an all Airbus fleet? They have plenty of Boeings
preacher1
preacher1 5
A correction was issued. It comes up at the bottom of the story.
lyonstom2003
Tom Lyons 3
I believe the Asiana heavy that crashed on landing at SFO was a 777.
canuck44
canuck44 1
So right...their Cargo is all Boeing and they have 747-400s, 777-200s and 767-300s all in regular use.
jbbooks1
Lewis Tripp 8
I hope they know how to land it.
vdi74
James T 3
http://www.airbus.com/newsevents/news-events-single/detail/asiana-airlines-takes-delivery-of-its-first-airbus-a380/
Moviela
Ric Wernicke -3
Airbus says:

"Airbus is a leading aircraft manufacturer offering a complete range of aircraft families as well as the most modern, comprehensive and fuel-efficient product line on the market."

I have never seen baloney sliced so thin or stacked so high.
jrbeejay
John Beech 4
Expected crap reply from a yank.
Moviela
Ric Wernicke 0
I been in many an Airbus. I know crap when I see it. Thanks for noticing.
kevanjudge
Kevan Judge 2
Nothing like as bad as the 757s that many of the US operators have crossing the Atlantic, now they are tripe of the first order
mmisiak
Mike Misiak 9
Great they can't fly the 777 so now they get a bigger plane
KauaiGolfer
KauaiGolfer 6
I wonder how many visual approaches they'll hand-fly with that thing?
onceastudentpilot
tim mitchell 3
Moviela
Ric Wernicke 3
Fear not Chairman Park, Mojave has plenty of space to park the beast when you become the eleventh customer to discover they cannot make money with it.

You might earn a few Won with the A350 XWB, but think of how rich your treasury would be with a Dreamliner on those routes. Now there is a plane people want to take from Seoul to NRT or HKG.

Please don't bring the A380 to LAX. I'd have to change carriers. Make sure your crews practice landing on clear sunny days. We have many more than SFO per year.
honzanl
honza nl 3
How can you make money with a 787 if everytime windows crack, electricity works other than expected etc ? Money you make with a reliable plane to start with...
And making money is something US business is not that good in at all, remember Chapter 11 is a standard US airline practise....
jrbeejay
John Beech 1
Another childish comment from a yank
canuck44
canuck44 0
You are probably correct. Every flight from San Jose, Seattle, Las Vegas, San Diego or similar direct to Seoul by a 787 will empty seats to LAX or SFO on the larger aircraft by those avoiding connecting flights to their final destination. This leaves the operators of the 388 to compete for final destination traffic. With luck we might even see some price competition.
preacher1
preacher1 9
They probably just trying to keep up with KAL. KAL scraped a wing pod on one of their first ones. With their lack of manual flying skills as exhibited on 214, there is no telling what they'll do with that monster
grahamy1952
Graham Armitage 2
I flew to Oz from Manchester recently. My biggest regret was being on an uncomfortable 777 for some of the journey. One of the highlights was travelling on the wonderful comfortable quiet 380. keep up the good work Airbus.
stevooz
steve rogers 2
wow! good thing it didn't happened to an American airline or you guys with have nothing to talk about lol
Doobs
Dee Lowry 1
Really??? Asiana can't even land a
B-777 at SFO on a VFR approach! Hope these pilots renew their "hands-on" flying instead of relying on "computer navagation". It's all about the fundamentals of flying. I fear that they aren't capable of flying an A-380. I personally don't trust their flying ability. Too focused on the computer.
theordsway
Peter Ordway 1
Why haven't any of you thought of the fact that 911 was actually planned in KL. If no one knows the whereabouts of MH370, go figure! The US gov't surely must have the answer
Y2KRene
Rene Kunz 1
@ James Farnsworth(2 days ago):I've been thinking and believing in the same direction and root cause. Could the aircraft not have been hit by some descending 'space junk' or a small meteorite penetrating the fuselage, causing an explosive decompression and instantly incapacitating the cockpit crew?
JENNYJET
JENNIFER JORDAN -1
Lewis, pray hard you never find yourself on any aircraft that needs to land upon a runway because your comment deserves misfortune and the families of Asiana and Malaysian airlines do not need your ineptness.

That said, kindest regards for the remainder of your sanity and good health!
preacher1
preacher1 3
Don't be too hard on him. There are a lot of the rest of us that feel pretty much the same. The pax and families of 214 did not need the ineptitude of those pilots either. Neither did the aviation world for that matter. That one "aw crap" wiped out any
"atta boys" or any good feelings for years to come. A flat out accident would have been one thing, but an unqualified pilot that was not called down and control taken per CRM, on account of culture/status showed the rest of the world just how Asiana operates.
JENNYJET
JENNIFER JORDAN 1
You indicated the pilots of '214' were not competent with the machine but was it their fault or the airline for not checking if they were capable? The B777 is a wonderful machine in the right hands but even if numskulls were licenced to fly, the aircraft could have landed correctly.

Asiana's SFO crash was visible to us all, MH370 remains a speculators dream and a nightmare for the rest of us that seek to travel by air.

It is for those reasons I remarked negatively about our friend 'Lewis'.

No matter what the 'satellites' data cook's up or the big brains at MIT or Oxford deduce, I feel in my bones that this aircraft suffered a mid air detonation by way of serious fuel leak getting into live electrical activity that may have been damaged upon take off ( Air France Concorde comes to mind ) or innocently during routine maintenance thus rendering the destruction in flight of the aircraft.

Sadly, it may emerge that it was a terrorist event yet to be claimed as this seems to be a perfect crime! However, No terror group has spoken thus I deduce a structural fault at altitude and all on board are lost and without any hope of tracing the aircraft and it's collective remains.

[This poster has been suspended.]

preacher1
preacher1 1
The main thing that bothers me about MAS370 was that 3 wk or so lag before an actual search got started. Was that deliberate or just ineptitude? If it had blown, for whatever reason, debris could have sunk or currents carried it away. Other than Australia, there is not much land mass for it to wash up on if it went down in the area radar says it did, and even Australia is not that well populated on the coasts. Now there seems to be a big uncertainty that the radar and/or location is even correct and searching has been called off for a couple of months. Until they find it, it will just be one of life's mysteries.
Y2KRene
Rene Kunz 1
I've been thinking and believing in the same direction and root cause. Could the aircraft not have been hit by some descending 'space junk' or a small meteorite penetrating the fuselage, causing an explosive decompression and instantly incapacitating the cockpit crew?
rsantiago1221
Ryan Santiago 0
(Duplicate Squawk Submitted)

PICTURES: Asiana joins the A380 club

South Korean carrier Asiana Airlines has received its first Airbus A380 aircraft at a ceremony in Toulouse.

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/pictures-asiana-joins-the-a380-club-399683/

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