India not yet ready for A380

Singapore: India needs to significantly improve its aviation infrastructure to be considered for flying superjumbo aircraft like Airbus 380 or the Boeing 787 Dreamliners to the country, a senior Singapore Airlines official has said.
Singapore Airlines, the first client of the A380, said they would consider any flights with the superjumbo aircraft to India only after the airports are ready to accommodate them, the official told reporters on the sidelines the welcome event of A380 here.
"One day we would like to fly to India but we need to have the airports ready for aircraft like A380," Huang Cheng Eng, Executive Vice-President (Marketing and regions), Singapore Airlines said on a query about the airline's plan to fly A380 to India.
For double-decker aircraft like the A380 and Dreamliners, operators say the tarmac and the passenger handling limitations in India largely dissuade them from considering the services even though the passenger load, both inbound and outbound, has increased manifold.
17/10/07 PTI/Times of India

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