'Only India doesn't want A-380 aircraft'

Frankfurt: India may have to wait indefinitely for the world's biggest commercial aircraft Airbus A-380 to have regular flights here. German carrier Lufthansa, whose application for deploying this plane on the Delhi-Frankfurt route has been pending for years, says all its super jumbos have been put on other routes.
The airline has deployed the newest jumbo jet Boeing 747-800 on the Delhi-Frankfurt route now. "The A-380 is present in the American market and in other Asian countries like China and Japan. Only India doesn't want it. And I don't see it happening anytime soon. We presently have eight A-380s and they are flying other routes," Lufthansa director ( south Asia) Axel Hilgers said. The government has not cleared Lufthansa's request for the A-380 as that would lead to similar demands from other carriers like Emirates and Singapore Airlines, something that may further wean away traffic from Indian airlines. The IGI runway is Code F compliant, which means it can accommodate the A-380.
15/08/12 Times of India

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