Singapore Airlines’ new A380s will have “sit-down pubs with real barstools and onboard duty-free shops,” according to McClatchy-Tribune travel writer Mary Ann Anderson, whose gushing report on the new Airbus superjumbo appeared in the San Jose Mercury-News today. http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/living/travel/15163146.htm
According to Anderson, the “nearly mythical A380” will do nothing less than change the world — once it gets delivered.
Key Quote: “Several airlines, most notably Singapore, were scheduled to take delivery of the aircraft by the end of the year, but this past June Airbus announced six- to seven-month production delays, including problems with wiring. … While Singapore Airlines and other carriers that have ordered the A380 are hoppin’, spittin’, hissy-fittin’ mad about the delays, let me be the first to say that I, as a member of the flying public, would rather Airbus get all those problems smoothed out before the first passenger ever sets foot on the jetway.”
Meanwhile, Agence France-Presse reports http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world_business/view/222162/1/.html that Airbus is sending personnel from its plants in Germany to Toulouse help sort out the wiring problems.
Key Quote: “The spokesman did not say how many workers had been sent to France but Welt am Sonntag estimated the number at about one thousand.”
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