How annoying of ATC to move it onto 27L
Seem to remeber one of Concordes' last flights departing from 09L which is hardly ever used for take-offs. P***d off a lot of people that day too. ATC clearly do not like spotters !!!!
Yes, sorry about that. In fact, the first thing we always think about when making decisions is how we can annoy all those spotters! Facts like
safety as it was with Concorde, and a
request from the owner of the airport, as it was today, just don't have the same weight behind them.
No. They are just still being cautious with the wake separation. If you only have one superheavy all day then why not just make a space in the departing traffic and keep it away from the other arrivals.
See above for the reason why we used 27L for landing.
The necessary taxyway widening to permit A380 operations has only been completed between Terminal 3 and 27L/09R.
Not correct. A10E south down Echo is A380 compliant, as is the eastern side of the airfield from the 09L turn offs from A5 and A4.