Another airshow plane crash!

[Tchocky]

Doubt we'll ever see an A380 operating in all Y-class, though.

[Admiral Halsey]

Originally Posted by Tchocky

Doubt we'll ever see an A380 operating in all Y-class, though.

I don't doubt it'll happen for several reasons. Mainly because with air travel increasing the short haul full load flights will eventually demand one of them. Plus the savings of replacing 3 747's while using 2 A380's on the same route.

[CCIP]

Originally Posted by Admiral Halsey

I don't doubt it'll happen for several reasons. Mainly because with air travel increasing the short haul full load flights will eventually demand one of them. Plus the savings of replacing 3 747's while using 2 A380's on the same route.

Well, that's been said many times but in fact things have been going the opposite way with high-capacity short haul. The last of the Japanese domestic 747s have been retired, and Boeing even cancelled the dedicated domestic 787-3.
It's mostly because the infrastructural improvements have been outstripping the growth in passenger numbers by a long shot. I think it'll stay that way through the A380s service life (especially if Airbus announce an end to its production, which is looking very likely to happen in the next year at this rate).

[Herr-Berbunch]

Who'd have thought there'd be some common sense journalism!

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2...-crashed-on-it