Great white bird!!!

[zrath]

Today, I did something I haven't done in a long, long, long time.
I bought a newspaper.
Apparently, an A380 landed at LAX yesterday.
AND NOBODY TOLD ME!!
Ah well...

Behold the world's largest commercial airliner.
Ain't he a beaut?
This one is loaded with test gear and water tanks.
Another A380 landed at JFK in New York, that one staffed and operated by Lufthansa personnel.
Onboard were Airbus employees, Lufthansa frequent flyers and other VIPs.
Word is LAX sucks at handling the A380 and needs to get its shit together if it wants to see regular service.
And Qantas wants LAX to get its shit together because they're getting the A380 and using LAX as a hub.
Virgin Atlantic too. You hear me LAX? Get it together! You're old and outdated! Evolve or die!

Comments

[araquan.livejournal.com]

*grin* Well, where else would you land one if you didn't like LAX?

John Wayne/Orange County?

Ontario?

Burbank?

I think not...

[zrath.livejournal.com]

It's not a question of not liking LAX.
It's a question of LAX being an outdated airport currently operating at near-bursting capacity.
LAX needs major remodeling and modernization.
And yes, LAX is the only place in SoCal than can even think of handling the A380.

[araquan.livejournal.com]

Yeah, well, I've flown through LAX enough times to have developed a dislike for it. Though I can say this in its defense- at least it's not Detroit.

Impossible to get around in easily- hardly anything's in a straight line, and almost all passageways are just too damn narrow for the number of people. Then again, Norgewest built a big new terminal at DTW so I imagine that's pretty nice. The rest of the airport probably still sucks royal rocks though.

MSP, at least, got a major rebuild... And is rather nicer than it used to be, by quite a bit.