23-09-2005, 08:21 PM
This gave me a laugh, thought I should pass it on if oyu havent seen it...
Quote: FROM CAPT. PETE SAEGER
*Airbus to Build Seven Story Airliner*
*Passengers will have choice of restaurants, theatres and bowling.*
*TOULOUSE, FRANCE -- With delivery of its first 555 passenger
A380
double-deck commercial airliner expected to take place next year, Airbus
announced today that it has initiated preliminary studies for the design
and manufacture a 2600 passenger airplane.*
*The aircraft on the drawing board will have ten decks - seven for
passengers, three for cargo and baggage. A prototype of the new
aircraft, based on the company's Super Transporter design, will be
called the "Airbus A390." *
*The plane is targeted for international service of flights of over
9,000 nautical miles (about 16,600 kilometers). The A390 will be powered
by four Rolls-Royce turbofan engines developing thrust of over 200,000lb
each. According to a company spokesman, Jean-Claude Randele, "The
break-even point for operating the airplane will be at a passenger load
of about 1760 passengers."*
*Mr. Randele also noted, "Flights in the 9,000 miles-plus range are
expected to take 16 hours or longer so the A390 will include lots of
amenities to help the passengers pass the time." *
*Among the features proposed for the future aircraft are six
restaurants, three duty free shops, a lounge with a discothèque, two
full sized movie theatres, a 14 lane bowling alley, a swimming pool with
water slides, a wedding chapel, a fully functional medical clinic, and
a full 18 hole putt-putt golf course.*
*Mr. Randele said that two major international carriers have already
placed orders and that the new jets are scheduled to begin service in
late summer 2008.*
A390
A390 is nicknamed SkyGuppie
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