Re:Airbus will stop building the A380 in 2021
by ekianjo on Thursday February 14, 2019 @04:39AM
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not all planes are full. Even with current capacity the traffic in number of people will increase. Additionally airports dont have to expand, they can optimize for more frequent flights and also extend their operating hours. There are airports that close at night but some which operate pretty much around the clock.
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Re:Airbus will stop building the A380 in 2021
by MagnumOpus on Thursday February 14, 2019 @05:35AM
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The airports that have problems expanding (because ten thousands of people live in close vicinity) also will have problems opening at might (because millions of people live underneath the flight paths).
Even Heathrow and Frankfurt, with famously strong opposition against new runways, have managed to get new runways approved but not to extend hours into the night.
Re:Airbus will stop building the A380 in 2021
by Reason077 on Thursday February 14, 2019 @06:15AM
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Heathrow expansion is far from a sure thing. It may have been "approved" by the government, but many legal and financial challenges remain. Not to mention ethical and environmental ones!
Re:Airbus will stop building the A380 in 2021
by dsfyu404ed on Thursday February 14, 2019 @08:32AM
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> also will have problems opening at might (because millions of people live underneath the flight paths).
Surely it's not the people that live there but the wealth and political clout of said people.
Personally I don't mind the sound of aircraft or trains.