Originally Posted by forget
If the A380 is so unwieldy, heavy, late etc., how come poor little EGLF - Farnborough and its tiny runway coped with the 'lumbering' A380 [OK it wasn't at gross] for over a week of trundling about.
After days of serious heat, nothing appeared to have been scraped or dug up, or have I missed some gossip? Once SIA start pulling in the self loaders, the rest will follow on IMHO. Had the A380 been a Boeing product, BA would have been up at the head of the queue.
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