A380 Birmingham(UK) to Dubai with 618 Passengers August 07 2023
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A380 Birmingham(UK) to Dubai with 618 Passengers August 07 2023
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I found this article interesting, and I hope you all do also.
It is a tweet from an Emirates Captain about his A380 Birmingham(UK) to Dubai with 618 Passengers August 07 2023.
He includes a photo of part of his Instrument Panel:
I understand most of the weights, but what is CI ? It looks like it is some kind of passenger weight factor.
Also, I don't remember ever seeing a photo of an in-service aircraft dashboard before. Do airlines have policies about such things? ( I deleted the Captain's name from his post).
Also, I wonder if 618 passengers on board is some kind of record for a UK flight?? (Presumably, it was single class?).
I hope you all find this diverting!!
IB
I found this article interesting, and I hope you all do also.
It is a tweet from an Emirates Captain about his A380 Birmingham(UK) to Dubai with 618 Passengers August 07 2023.
He includes a photo of part of his Instrument Panel:
I understand most of the weights, but what is CI ? It looks like it is some kind of passenger weight factor.
Also, I don't remember ever seeing a photo of an in-service aircraft dashboard before. Do airlines have policies about such things? ( I deleted the Captain's name from his post).
Also, I wonder if 618 passengers on board is some kind of record for a UK flight?? (Presumably, it was single class?).
I hope you all find this diverting!!
IB
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It's a 2 class A380 :-
https://www.aerolopa.com/ek-388-2cl
Although that says it's 615 passengers... so maybe they had 3 interlopers!
https://www.aerolopa.com/ek-388-2cl
Although that says it's 615 passengers... so maybe they had 3 interlopers!
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CI = cost index.
just a way of calculating the inflight speeds basically depending on what the aim of the flight is.
Min cost, min fuel, min time etc.
it’s also not an inflight dashboard, itsva screen shot of the FMS
just a way of calculating the inflight speeds basically depending on what the aim of the flight is.
Min cost, min fuel, min time etc.
it’s also not an inflight dashboard, itsva screen shot of the FMS
It's a 2 class A380 :-
https://www.aerolopa.com/ek-388-2cl
Although that says it's 615 passengers... so maybe they had 3 interlopers!
https://www.aerolopa.com/ek-388-2cl
Although that says it's 615 passengers... so maybe they had 3 interlopers!
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Filling up aeroplanes (especially big ones) does not equal profit. It simply means the tickets are so cheap that all the seats are sold when demand at that price is outstripping the supply. Buying such a huge fleet of the world's biggest aircraft was a vanity project like so many other vanity projects in a country that is awash with money. We know they are cut-throat employers in a down-turn but have Emirates ever published their company accounts?
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Filling up aeroplanes (especially big ones) does not equal profit. It simply means the tickets are so cheap that all the seats are sold when demand at that price is outstripping the supply. Buying such a huge fleet of the world's biggest aircraft was a vanity project like so many other vanity projects in a country that is awash with money. We know they are cut-throat employers in a down-turn but have Emirates ever published their company accounts?
A simple search would have turned up the Emirates accounts :-
https://www.emirates.com/uk/english/...nnual-reports/
And of course one mustnt over look the fact that it really is such a nice plane to fly on for the pax, quiet, stable , good cabin conditioning . I hope they all end up back in service as I dont like the triple or the 787 but have yet to try the A350
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Also, I wonder if 618 passengers on board is some kind of record for a UK flight?? (Presumably, it was single class?).
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I take it you've not seen the Emirates business class prices from the likes of BHX/MAN? Cheapest return to DXB > £3k.
A simple search would have turned up the Emirates accounts :-
https://www.emirates.com/uk/english/...nnual-reports/
A simple search would have turned up the Emirates accounts :-
https://www.emirates.com/uk/english/...nnual-reports/
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How many? I suspect a lot. I've not been upstairs, being an economy class pensioner, but it is a big staircase. I have to agree about the comfort in economy, providing you snaffle an aisle seat.
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I found a lot of very vague information online about A380 passenger capacity. All seem to agree that the plane is certified for 840 passengers in one Class (Yikes!) , But it seems unlikely that any airline ever flew like this.
Emirates it seems have some 2-class planes with a capacity of 615 passengers. I wonder if the 618 shown on this flight includes 3 pilots???
Article from Wikipedia, maybe out-of-date:
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Emirates it seems have some 2-class planes with a capacity of 615 passengers. I wonder if the 618 shown on this flight includes 3 pilots???
Article from Wikipedia, maybe out-of-date:
Regards
IB
The 747 was certified to carry a maximum of 605 passengers in a single class configuration (-300/400/-8).
I believe 565 is the greatest number that was ever used in service, but I stand to be corrected.
I believe 565 is the greatest number that was ever used in service, but I stand to be corrected.