I want to talk about this plane, mainly because I’m interested in the plane. However, I haven’t kept up with ICI and posting about the recent trips the A380 made to the US, landing in New York and Los Angeles.

I ripped this from the DenverPost:

Denver was not on the U.S. itinerary, but before the jets could land on a regular basis, the airport would require improvements on the airfield and in the concourse at a cost of $13.8 million.

“We’d have to make improvements to the jetway system,” said DIA spokesman Chuck Cannon. “We’d have to add a second deck - we could do that for pretty minimal cost.”

Improvements would include another jetway on the mezzanine level for double-decker loading.

Taxiway shoulders would need to be widened and signs would need to be moved, which could be done for about $9 million. Upgrading the passenger-loading bridges on two gates would cost about $4.8 million, according to DIA and a U.S. Government Accountability Office report last year. The work would take about 18 months.

The A380 supposedly will require airports considerable amounts of money to handle this large plane, however, Denver seems like it can handle it quite easily on the cheap.

Which American airline will be the first to purchase an Airbus A380? I’m thinking whoever is first with China routes. United?

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