Originally Posted by
glofish
That's consistent with what i posted earlier in the DXB case. These two airports handle the biggest 380 traffic.
Reality invalidates the argument of increasing hub capacity with the 380!
A chum in DXB ATC told me this about 9 years ago, hence the ongoing “trial” of reduced wake etc etc, which even when they chunk 380 arrivals is viewed as less than optimal from an ATM perspective. Recently I spoke with a tower controller who advised that on departures they can depart 5 x 777s in the time it takes to depart 2 x 380s and the have another heavy ready to go behind.
Great pax experience, the shower in my view is gimmicky as every decent lounge has a shower these days etc.
Its not done yet, but it is on the downhill slide in terms of new markets.