Its only an apparant luxuary one experiences through such fly crafts. Travel means should improve in speed,fuel efficiency and economy. why do people look for 5 star luxuary al;ways is not understandable. If you set your mind, travelling through any remote village of India by a bull cart spending Rs5 could be more rewarding and refreshing!Imajine an open bath at the back yard of a bamboo hut atop a green grass hill. Chating with your friends & family at a moon lit yard over a coffee! Nature gives us everything luxuary and penury, but choser's mind set matters..
Nature has clever ways of balancing whatever so called progress we make..This Airbus is going to guzzle thousands of liters of fuel every hour...Such big rooms in an aircraft ? I thought planes were meant for travelling long distances and not for merrymaking. India's rich will again flaunt their wealth by spending on these first class cabins...Alas this is what is sadly called development !!!!
RE:How about fuel consumption ?
by sameer patel on May 22, 2008 02:48 AM Permalink
You should read the article with your specs on....read the article properly and then comment ...anyways people would like article about mallika n other bimbos and have no interest in developement of any sort.
RE:How about fuel consumption ?
by Rajendra Rao on May 22, 2008 02:22 AM Permalink
Hmm- Jihadists will probably plan an attack on such big planes. Imagine killing many more hundred more accolades to Allah.. I heard it takes more than hour just to get off the plane, which can take easily 800 people. Any emergency, getting out of the plane will be a nightmare.
Avoid flying in such a behemoth- for safety reasons.
RE:How about fuel consumption ?
by on May 25, 2008 02:11 PM Permalink
excusez moi! perhaps you may not have heard the real safety figures. in an actual test conducted by Airbus on a real A380, 868 people left the aircraft in just 78 seconds. I am afraid that your 1 hour time is wrong!!!
RE:How about fuel consumption ?
by AK UR on May 22, 2008 02:32 AM Permalink
did u read this ?? "Despite its ability to carry 35 per cent more passengers than its competitor, the A380 burns 12 per cent less fuel per seat - reducing operating costs and minimising its effects on the environment at the same time through fewer emissions."
these pictures are great but ultimately this all boils down to the point that given x amount of space what things you can do with that space..looking at the pictures it seems much can be done..but i wonder how many airlines will be configuring their a380s with the luxuries shown..i think the economics wont allow that because each first class seat accounts for maybe 10-12 economy class seats..think what will happen if they start to go empty..increasing fuel costs, competitiveness wont allow this to happen.
I have seen the comments from all the people out here in the discussion or I would rather call a thunder brainstorming session, but without taking too much time what I would just want to clarify is that if Kingfisher has ordered A380 aircraft as a part of its future fleet, and suppose he is operating this flight from Delhi, do you people think that it will take off from Delhi and land at Delhi itself, as you people say Mumbai can't handle, Bangalore can't handle and so on? Since Kingfisher is still not an international airline and if it takes off from a destination in India obviously it is going to land at another destination in India and that destination could be in any state or city - so this simply means some of the airports will be necessarily geared up to handle the incoming or outgoing flights - so to simply conclude Vijay Mallya is not a dead fool to order a A380 aircraft without a landing facility after a succesful take-off!!!
RE:Destination will tell...
by Anuj Gurwara on May 22, 2008 12:44 AM Permalink
The Hyderabad Intnl Airport is the only one in south asia that can land an Airbus A380!!
RE:Destination will tell...
by on May 25, 2008 02:13 PM Permalink
not true!!! the Bengaluru airport as well as Kerala's Cochin International Airport and the proposed Kannur airport all can handle the A380 well
RE:RESERVE SEATS FOR SC/ST
by Reshma Prasad on May 22, 2008 04:00 AM Permalink
I want the first pilot to be SC/ST category. That is the right way of recognition. I do hope Arjun Singh takes care of this aspect too.
RE:RE:RESERVE SEATS FOR SC/ST
by KTV Reddy on May 22, 2008 05:45 AM Permalink | Hide message
I want Lalit Kshirsagar to be ground staff for a 380... He and vamp Vidya can welcome passngers on the groud
super SC category..
RE:RESERVE SEATS FOR SC/ST
by Ram Arvind on May 21, 2008 10:00 PM Permalink
Well said...its a curse on India.
BTW, the first Indian operator to order a A380 is Kingfisher owned by the Mr.Cool Vijay Mallya.
RE:WOW
by Sheetal Kaur on May 21, 2008 04:28 PM Permalink
All that is first class, You and your boyfriend will not be able to afford a set in that class in 10 lives. So forget it and just dream.
RE:WOW
by armando on May 21, 2008 08:37 PM Permalink
what a stupid comment..........something like a lack of brain.........why do people make fools of themselves?
RE:WOW
by nidhish narayan on May 22, 2008 03:29 AM Permalink
Be it Raj Thackrey or this person commenting on the lady, they are just blackspots on India's map and a danger for its integrity, showing their true mental age.
RE:Ambani can buy 7-8 A380
by armando on May 21, 2008 08:39 PM Permalink
2 billion dollars is about 8400 crores at today's value of the dollar. You are right about the calculations.......
