Emirates 'to add A380 to Perth route'
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Emirates 'to add A380 to Perth route'
Emirates will deploy an A380 on its Dubai to Perth route in March, it has been reported.
The Gulf carrier is planning to replace one of the three-daily B777 aircraft that currently operates the route with a superjumbo.
It has slots approved and is set to introduce the A380 on March 1, according to thewest.com.au.
The service is scheduled to arrive in Perth at 1725, while the return flight will depart the city for Dubai at 2230.
Last week, it emerged that Emirates will add a second daily A380 onto its Dubai-Munich route from March.
Emirates 'to add A380 to Perth route' - Business Traveller
The Gulf carrier is planning to replace one of the three-daily B777 aircraft that currently operates the route with a superjumbo.
It has slots approved and is set to introduce the A380 on March 1, according to thewest.com.au.
The service is scheduled to arrive in Perth at 1725, while the return flight will depart the city for Dubai at 2230.
Last week, it emerged that Emirates will add a second daily A380 onto its Dubai-Munich route from March.
Emirates 'to add A380 to Perth route' - Business Traveller
Hey, they've landed one here before. 
We often get allocated stand off bays because we don't vacate the bays fast enough when terminating or between flights. I wonder if the A380 will stay on bay for 5 hours every day.
They have been waiting for the international terminal to be finished so the 380 fits. I believe EK are a bit embarrassed about sending pax to and from PER in a bumpy clapped out old aircraft so wanted something modern on the route ASAP.
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They have been waiting for the international terminal to be finished so the 380 fits. I believe EK are a bit embarrassed about sending pax to and from PER in a bumpy clapped out old aircraft so wanted something modern on the route ASAP.
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Not a bad haul, although some are only close to the legal size.
Haughtney I think that may be Ernies outfit playing that gig. Although you could well get direct AKL. Now wouldn't that make you happy? Only a decade to wait to find out. Can't wait
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Haughtney I think that may be Ernies outfit playing that gig. Although you could well get direct AKL. Now wouldn't that make you happy? Only a decade to wait to find out. Can't wait
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I can't wait to watch the A380 land here in a gusty 50kt Easterly crosswind, as it screams down off the face of the Darling Range in Summer.
Going to make for some good video. How much does a GA cost in an A380?? Enough to make a bean counter weep, I'll wager.
Going to make for some good video. How much does a GA cost in an A380?? Enough to make a bean counter weep, I'll wager.
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You do know it gets windy in other places of the world right? I am sure the EK380 boys and girls have had heaps of experience and are more than capable of handling Perth's Easterlies. I know that most of them have flown to Perth on the 340 and the 380 is just as capable, if not more so.
You do know it gets windy in other places of the world right? I am sure the EK380 boys and girls have had heaps of experience and are more than capable of handling Perth's Easterlies. I know that most of them have flown to Perth on the 340 and the 380 is just as capable, if not more so.
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Capn, I wasn't indicating that any A380 crew were possibly incompetent, or that they couldn't handle strong crosswinds.
What I'm saying is, that we often get some very strong and gusty Easterlies in Summer (and some particularly nasty Westerlies or South-Westerlies in Winter, too) - and that I've seen some very unstabilised approaches at YPPH that were very wisely turned into GA's as soon it was obvious that a stabilised approach wasn't possible.
What I am wondering is just how much pressure will be placed on A380 crew to avoid a GA in less-than-desirable conditions? - with a much larger aircraft and with a considerably higher cost structure - at an airport in a city noted as being the 3rd windiest city in the world? I'm just saying it could make for some "interesting" landings, as in the Narita A380 video.
What I'm saying is, that we often get some very strong and gusty Easterlies in Summer (and some particularly nasty Westerlies or South-Westerlies in Winter, too) - and that I've seen some very unstabilised approaches at YPPH that were very wisely turned into GA's as soon it was obvious that a stabilised approach wasn't possible.
What I am wondering is just how much pressure will be placed on A380 crew to avoid a GA in less-than-desirable conditions? - with a much larger aircraft and with a considerably higher cost structure - at an airport in a city noted as being the 3rd windiest city in the world? I'm just saying it could make for some "interesting" landings, as in the Narita A380 video.
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I see. So .. no problems have ever been caused by pilots/crew being put under pressure to follow strict company rules, as regards cost savings - such as saving fuel? That's good to hear. 
One track- I am sure that no pressure gets put on the A380 crews to land at all costs.
No pilot I know says to himself - "I should go around now because I am way unstable but that will cost the company money so I shall land because that is what the company wants"
Which costs more - A go around which burns a bit more kero, or bent metal on the tarmac?
No pilot I know says to himself - "I should go around now because I am way unstable but that will cost the company money so I shall land because that is what the company wants"
Which costs more - A go around which burns a bit more kero, or bent metal on the tarmac?
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One track,
Try and land off an unstable approach at EK and it will be cold tea an soggy cookies in the office. Do it twice and you will be fired. It happened recently to a senior Fatbus captain. Unstable approaches are not tolerated at EK at all. From that point of view there is no commercial pressure at all.
Try and land off an unstable approach at EK and it will be cold tea an soggy cookies in the office. Do it twice and you will be fired. It happened recently to a senior Fatbus captain. Unstable approaches are not tolerated at EK at all. From that point of view there is no commercial pressure at all.
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One track.....you are so far off track it's unbelievable.