Min 6 Report post Posted July 28, 2008 Go to this link below, Live broadcast Emirates A480 delivery. im bit confuse the time given. BTW dont miss this. I shoulda post this ages ago.. Emirates A380 Live Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Min 6 Report post Posted July 28, 2008 Go to this link below, Live broadcast Emirates A480 delivery. im bit confuse the time given. BTW dont miss this. I shoulda post this ages ago.. Emirates A380 Live Roughly Perth - Malaysia Time around broadcast at 4pm stay tuned! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pieter C. 5 Report post Posted July 28, 2008 Emirates To Buy 60 More Airbus Jets July 28, 2008 Dubai-based airline Emirates said it would sign a letter of intent for 60 additional Airbus aircraft in a deal worth USD$13 billion at list prices. Emirates, which on Monday was taking delivery of the first of 58 Airbus A380 superjumbos, said the letter of intent was for 30 additional A330-300s and 30 A350 XWB aircraft. (Reuters) Good boost for Airbus !!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pieter C. 5 Report post Posted July 29, 2008 Emirates A380 Passengers To Shower At 43,000 Feet July 28, 2008 First-class passengers will be able to take a shower at 43,000 feet and enjoy a drink at the upstairs bar on Dubai-based airline Emirates's double-decker Airbus A380s, the airline said on Monday. Emirates boasted at a ceremony to take delivery of the first of 58 A380s at Airbus's Hamburg plant that the plane would have two bathrooms with showers in its first-class cabins as well as a lounge for premium travelers. But luxury has its limits, as Emirates President Tim Clark warned passengers could not spend too long relaxing under the jets of water. "The showers are regulated through a software program that gives people a five minute shower, which is ample in most cases," Clark told a news conference, adding that a traffic light system would let passengers know how long they had left. "If you're on amber and your hair's full of shampoo, you want to get moving." The shower also complicates attempts by Emirates and Airbus to slim down the superjumbo by some 5 tonnes by 2011/2012 to cut fuel use amid high oil prices and increasing calls for the industry to reduce its impact on the environment. The plane will have to take on board an additional 500 kg of water, an increase of some 25 percent. But Clark told journalists he was looking for ways to trim weight off the aircraft, such as by reducing the amount of paper. "At the moment we have 1.8 kg in each seat pocket. We can't be completely paperless," he said, but information associated with sales, such as Duty Free products, currently in paper form was being put onto a retail TV channel, for example. Emirates was also looking at curtains, carpets and seat-back entertainment hardware for ways to contribute a total of 2 tonnes in weight reduction. Airbus meanwhile aimed to slim the A380 by a further 3 tonnes, including the airframe and by re-machining components. "With today's fuel prices, then there's a huge pressure," Airbus programs chief Tom Williams said on the sidelines of the event. "It's shaving. It's not like we're going to go to one section and remove all the weight. It's more a question of trying to get the thing refined and squeezing a few kilos here and there." Progress was also being made smoothing the A380 production process but the "question is 'does the rate of improvement match the rate of ramp-up in production?' Because of course every week that goes by we see improvement but at the same time of course the production rate's going up," Williams added. Airbus hopes to reach a maximum production rate of four A380s a month in around three years. (Reuters) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jani 0 Report post Posted July 29, 2008 It sort of defeats the purpose that they are installing showers, but at the same time trimming so many other things. I really doubt all 58 aircraft will be fitted with the showers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MIR 2 Report post Posted July 29, 2008 Emirates A380 shower room photo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jani 0 Report post Posted July 29, 2008 EK also announced an order for about 60 A333's and A350's! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mohd sukri abd hamid 0 Report post Posted July 29, 2008 im dont like Emirates A380 cabin interior..SQ one much better(check it photo) Business Class http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6311763&nseq=2 First Class http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6311768&nseq=3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kenneth T 0 Report post Posted July 29, 2008 Wow, the first and business class are simply great and tip top. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Min 6 Report post Posted July 30, 2008 neither do i, i dont like EK interior, SQ better Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Walter Sim 1 Report post Posted July 30, 2008 both operators who got their A380 have included state of the art enhancements, i wonder whats in store when MH gets theirs! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Imran K. 0 Report post Posted July 30, 2008 i wonder whats in store when MH gets theirs! Multicoloured Y class seats, and a snekbox vending machine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
E Faizal 0 Report post Posted July 30, 2008 Multicoloured Y class seats, and a snekbox vending machine. Warrrrrghhhhh!!!!! Kah kah kah kah kah!!!! I hope it will accept notes instead of coins Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yusoff 1 Report post Posted July 30, 2008 Multicoloured Y class seats, and a snekbox vending machine. :rofl: :rofl: .... that was a good one!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pieter C. 5 Report post Posted July 30, 2008 EK also announced an order for about 60 A333's and A350's! Double posting in same topic: see #3 !!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Imran K. 0 Report post Posted July 31, 2008 Double posting in same topic: see #3 !!! FUYOH... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
