May 18, 2006
A380 Touchdown
At a time when the UK government has stated that nuclear power is effectively the only option to cut down on pollution and help the UK meet its emissions targets under the Kyoto Protocol, is it really something to celebrate that the world’s biggest passenger jet, the Airbus A380, has today touched down at London’s Heathrow Airport for the first time?
Just a thought.
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It creates less pollution per person when it is not flying empty.
Have you compared the A380 emissions to those of 555 individual boats crossing the English Channel?
The Register reports today (October 4, 2006) that the “patience of airlines waiting to get their hands on the Airbus A380 is beginning to wear thin following an announcement yesterday that just one example of the “Superjumbo” would be delivered in 2007, as opposed to the nine previously promised by Airbus parent company EADS.”
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/04/another_a380_delay/
The A380 touched down on its first commercial flight this week, see here. The flight was a seven-hour charity tour from Singapore to Sydney.