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bm7500 wrote:...As for extending the runway's, there is no real need as the heaviest regular visitor to Adelaide is the 747 which can take off and land without a problem ablbeit not fully laden. The new Airbus A380 will actually use less runway length wise but more width wise. So the next logical step would be to increase the runway shoulder, should A380 services become regular... and thats not likeley to happen for years yet.....

aussie2000 wrote:Thanks to AdelaideNOW - http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/stor ... 82,00.html

Super jumbo's first Adelaide pit stop
September 18, 2008 12:30am

THE world's largest passenger aircraft, the Airbus A380, will make its first visit to Adelaide next week – staying long enough to cool its brakes.

The first Qantas A380 is expected to arrive in Sydney on Sunday morning and land at Adelaide Airport on Saturday, September 27. The giant airliner is due to land at 12.15pm that day, park on the tarmac while its brakes cool and pilots re-set its flight computer, and depart shortly after at 12.40pm.
The Qantas A380 is listed to make a further 14 flights through Adelaide Airport after that – all as part of crew training flights before the plane goes into service later in October.

Its landing and take-off can be viewed from inside the main passenger terminal.

Photographers can get a good view from the observation area at the western end of the main runway, by Tapleys Hill Rd.

The A380 is due back in Adelaide on October 4, 5, 7, 9, 12, 15, 16 and 17, some of those dates having two visits a day.


Neither Qantas or Singapore Airlines – which was the first to bring the A380 into service – have plans for regular services to Adelaide, the super jumbo being significantly larger than the Boeing 747.


http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/stor ... 82,00.html

rogue wrote:I was on a Singapore Airlines A380 about 2 months ago from Heathrow to Singapore. They are incredible. So much quieter than anything else currently flying and much more room too. However I was a bit surprised when we disembarked through first class to see the suites aren't fully enclosed. The surround is only about 5 foot high.

Also, the was a small article in today's Sunday Mail saying AAL are in talks with Garuda Indonesia to re-establish direct flights from Adelaide to Bali in the long-term. It also said that Virgin's international offshoot will be flying Adelaide to Bali by the end of the year. Interesting.....

I feel a tropical holiday coming on

JAKJ wrote:Hey I don't know if this has been mentioned... but has anyone notices the Hawaiian airlines (717 I think) parked around the side of Adelaide? I

bm7500 wrote:As promised, here are some more details of the Qantas A380 certification flights into and out of Adelaide over the coming weeks

27/9
MEL ADL 1130 1215
ADL MEL 1240 1430

28/9, 4/10, 5/10 and 7/10
MEL ADL 1730 1815
ADL MEL 1840 2010

9/10
MEL ADL 0755 0825
ADL MEL 0850 1035

12/10, 15/10, 16/10 and 17/10
MEL ADL 0755 0825
ADL MEL 0850 1035
MEL ADL 1220 1305
ADL MEL 1330 1500

14/10
PER ADL 1200 1800
ADL SYD 1825 2040

aussie2000 wrote:is that photo real or fake