Lufthansa's plans to fly Airbus A380 to India may take time

German air carrier Lufthansa's plans to fly the world's biggest aircraft, Airbus A380, to India may take time as Indian airports are not fully equipped to handle it, aviation sources said Thursday.
'It is heartening to learn about Lufthansa's ambitious plans to include India on its Airbus A380 service routes. However, New Delhi airport's Terminal 3 is still under construction and it may be at least another six or nine months or more before it is ready to receive A380,' an aviation source told IANS here.
On Wednesday, during a media interaction in Mumbai, Lufthansa's South Asia director Axel Hilgers expressed the airline's desire to deploy the gigantic 526-seater, double-decker A380 on the India sector, possibly starting with New Delhi.
'We shall be ready whenever India is ready to receive the Airbus A-380 aircraft,' Hilgers said.
20/05/10 IANS/Sify.com

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