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Old 12th Jan 2013, 10:49
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Yah....that does indeed appear to be in "temporary storage"...
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Old 12th Jan 2013, 13:30
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Can anybody explain why Alwaleed has sold his A380 to the Royal Family of Saudi Arabia (i.e. his realtives) and why?

Maybe he might look at th 747-8I insted (there have been several VIP orders for that plane..)
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Tax reasons? Bwahaha
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Can anybody explain why Alwaleed has sold his A380 to the Royal Family of Saudi Arabia (i.e. his realtives) and why?
Are you sure that he did sell it?

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Maybe the King told him that it's not appropriate to fly a bigger aircraft
than the King!
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Old 13th Jan 2013, 04:42
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Thats so old school
It was the rule, yes, but now its based on the size of their tower.

And Kingdom holding has a BIG one.....

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For those not yet convinced....

Prince Alwaleed sells A380 flying palace - Transport - ArabianBusiness.com
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Old 18th Feb 2013, 11:29
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who would buy that hunk of junk?
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Here we go again.... Trust a faithful airplane hooligan to try to steer up a debate with no solution
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