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Old 25th Jan 2009, 20:19
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Carbon Bootprint
 
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I believe the A380 compatability list is largely designed to describe terminal and ground handling capacity, rather than runway capability. Obviously there are are any number of military and civil airports with long enough runways to support use in an emergency (or other necessary) diversion of an A380. Sorting out the ground issues would be another kettle of fish, but at least the pax are on the ground if need be...
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