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.THE OPERATOR.
DAVID ROBINSON
product and commercial
director, Gold Medal
Gold Medal believes that
unlike the more blasé business travellers,
there is still genuine interest from leisure
customers in the A380, especially those
upgrading for special occasions.
“There was a flurry of interest when
Singapore Airlines got the first aircraft:
leisure travellers are quite switched on by
something new,” said David Robinson.
Leisure agents will be targeted in a
pre-Christmas campaign by Emirates
ahead of the A380’s appearance on the
London-Dubai route.
“We do a lot of premium leisure business
with Emirates and we’ll make sure customers
are aware that the A380 is coming,” he said.
.THE BUSINESS AGENT.
CLIVE GREEN
passengers, although it can carry up to 800 business travel specialist,
in an all-economy layout. It is used on trunk Clive Green Travel
routes like London-Singapore. The 787 twin- Clive Green, however, is
jet is roughly the size of wide-bodied aircraft sceptical about the A380. He is no fan of
used by charter airlines. It will carry 200-300 the “bigger is better” principle and believes
passengers and is designed for destinations business travellers feel the same.
where there is less demand and on routes “I don’t understand this desire to put
where airlines want to increase frequency. 600 people in one aircraft,” he said. “Given
“They are quite significantly different the choice, I’d prefer 200-300 people
aircraft,” said a Boeing spokesman. rather than double that number going
British Airways has both on order from through immigration and getting bags.
2010. It will use the A380 to serve hubs such “People are taking a very different view
ve been designed to provide passengers with more space as Los Angeles and Singapore, but deploy the of travel these days on the corporate side.”
787 to places like South America. Green also believes it was a mistake by
the year. With its mainly composite Tui will score a coup over BA when it Singapore Airlines to charge 20% more for
construction, the 787, like the A380, with its becomes Europe’s first operator of the 787 in bigger premium seats on the A380, some-
fuel-efficient engines, will cut running costs winter 2010. Anyone flying on a Thomson thing Emirates and Qantas have not done.
by 20%. Both also have similar range, but Airways 787 from this date will find wider “It is being sold at a premium that
comparisons should really stop there. seats and aisles, bigger windows and less dry clients aren’t prepared to pay,” he said.
The four-engine A380 seats around 550 cabin air.
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