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Air Deccan might offer fares cheaper than Rajdhani Express

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Lot of you might have heard of Air Bus A380. It is a double-deck, four-engined airliner manufactured by EADS (Airbus S.A.S.). It is the largest passenger airliner in the world. It first flew on 27 April 2005 from Toulouse, France. After lengthy delays, commercial flights are scheduled to begin in late 2007.
 
During much of its development phase, the aircraft was known as the Airbus A3XX. The nickname Superjumbo has become associated with the A380, although during early development the nickname "Megaliner" was used within Airbus. (more details on WikiPedia.org).
 
World's biggest passenger aircraft is visiting (four day visit) India right now. It landed at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International airport on May 6th 2007 morning.
 
The aircraft's visit to India coincides with the second anniversary celebrations of Kingfisher Airlines, which till date is the only Indian carrier to have ordered the aircraft.

 

The Chief Operating Officer Mr John Leahy of Air Bus mentioned that Jet Airways and Air Deccan  have also shown an interest in acquiring this passenger aircraft. 

 

The Managing Director of Air Deccan, Capt G.R. Gopinath, was on the flight from Toulouse and he showed an interest in operating the aircraft in India in an all-economy configuration. Capt Gopinath is convinced that Air Deccan can offer fares that are lower than what are charged by the Rajdhani Express trains if they operate the A380 aircraft - said Mr Leahy.

 

If that happens, it would be really cheap and fast to travel between major indian cities. 

 

Air Deccan has placed orders for 5 of these aircrafts and might order few more later. A380 company estimates that India would require about 50 A380-type of aircraft in the next 20 years. Kingfisher Airline will, however, be the first Indian carrier to operate the A380 aircraft, although it may not be the first airline to operate the aircraft in the Indian skies.

 

Many airports around the globe doesn't have the facilities for receiving the A380.

 

If you want to see this "World's Biggest" passenger aircraft, you can head towards Delhi airport or Mumbai airport and you will be able to see it.

 

Check it out.

 

 

 

 


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