Good old Der Spiegel; anything remotely un-green and non-left is ripe pickings for them; but good fodder for anyone remotely interested in castigating a fine product and with nothing better to do than twiddle their thumbs and old starter motors.
Emirates have gone so far as to categorically discredit the report:
Fair use quote: DowJones
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Emirates Airline, the Middle East''s largest carrier, may review the delivery schedule for its A380 aircraft depending on market conditions but remains on track to receive seven of the super jumbos by March 2010, the company''s president said Sunday
"I''ve had a routine discussion with Airbus over the delivery schedule of our future aircraft. We''re looking at the whole delivery line but we''re still going to get seven A380s in the financial year ending 2010. One of the A380s has been pushed back from December (2009) to January 2010 but that''s all that has changed," Clark said.
"We just highlighted areas where we''ve had issues with the A380s," Clark said. "It''s quite normal that there would be some problems with the aircraft as it has just entered into service. Overall, we''re very happy with the performance of the aircraft and Airbus are bending over backwards to keep us happy."