Airbus 380

The flip side.
Tiny planes.
Just sold a ticket on the smallest plane I have ever booked
Burbank to San Diego
Seaport Airlines/Wings of Alaska
Cessna single turboporp
9 seats

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The flip side.
Tiny planes.
Just sold a ticket on the smallest plane I have ever booked
Burbank to San Diego
Seaport Airlines/Wings of Alaska
Cessna single turboporp
9 seats

Two pilots and I assume 1 stewardess?

Lots of labor to load factor, even for a short hop like that.

Quote: terapined

Burbank to San Diego

$250 round trip I am guessing? The government fare for San diego to LAX is $154 round trip. The planes were Saabs with 34 seats.

Quote: Pacomartin

$250 round trip I am guessing? The government fare for San diego to LAX is $154 round trip. The planes were Saabs with 34 seats.

I only sold one way, 142.00
He considered driving, about 120 miles, but with traffic through Los Angeles, 3 hr drive, easier to fly.

Quote: terapined

I only sold one way, 142.00
He considered driving, about 120 miles, but with traffic through Los Angeles, 3 hr drive, easier to fly.

There actually is a Burbank-Bob Hope Airport AMTRAK station, and it is 3:15 by train to San Diego, but the stops are much more frequent at downtown LA train station. The train schedule lists it as 141 miles, but it is probably not as straight as driving.

Quote: AZDuffman

Two pilots and I assume 1 stewardess?

One pilot, zero Stews.

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One pilot, zero Stews.

WOW, I never would have guessed even a small commercial flight would allow that.

Emirates has just made Madrid it's 13th European airport with A380 service (joining Barcelona in Spain).

Air France will introduce the A380 to Mexico City from January 2016 on an initial three times weekly basis, substituting a Boeing 747-400 that presently serves the route. From March 2016 the A380 will operate on a daily basis.

Emirates has a controversial route for it's A380 flight from Dubai to Milan, which now continues on to JFK. The controversy is that Emirates has nonstop A380 service from Dubai to JFK already, so the Milan stopover is deeply cutting into the luxury class shared by American, Delta, United and Alitalia.

Now with two A380 routes from Dubai to Spain, and Mexico city receiving the first A380 in Latin America, Emirates may try and do the same thing with a Spanish stopover and continuation on to Mexico city. I am not sure where the politics would end up if they apply for this route. There are currently no nonstops from Barcelona to Mexico City, but if the route has been unable to support a B767 in the past, it is unlikely to support an A380.

Naturally, Madrid to Mexico City is a hotly contested route with Aeromexico running two flights, against Iberia. Mexico City is the 4th most popular international destination from Madrid, and Madrid is the most popular European destination from Mexico city.

Emirates current European A380 destinations (alphabetical order)
1 Amsterdam
2 Barcelona
3 Frankfurt
4 London Heathrow
5 London Gatwick
6 Manchester
7 Milan
8 Munich
9 Paris
10 Prague
11 Rome
12 Zurich

Quote: Pacomartin

Emirates has a controversial route for it's A380 flight from Dubai to Milan, which now continues on to JFK. The controversy is that Emirates has nonstop A380 service from Dubai to JFK already, so the Milan stopover is deeply cutting into the luxury class shared by American, Delta, United and Alitalia.

Now with two A380 routes from Dubai to Spain, and Mexico city receiving the first A380 in Latin America, Emirates may try and do the same thing with a Spanish stopover and continuation on to Mexico city. I am not sure where the politics would end up if they apply for this route. There are currently no nonstops from Barcelona to Mexico City, but if the route has been unable to support a B767 in the past, it is unlikely to support an A380.

Naturally, Madrid to Mexico City is a hotly contested route with Aeromexico running two flights, against Iberia. Mexico City is the 4th most popular international destination from Madrid, and Madrid is the most popular European destination from Mexico city.

Milan is easily my number 1 destination in Italy for my business clients. I use both airports MXP and LIN

Quote: Pacomartin

Emirates current European A380 destinations
1 Amsterdam
2 Barcelona
3 Frankfurt
4 London Heathrow
5 London Gatwick
6 Manchester
7 Milan
8 Munich
9 Paris
10 Prague
11 Rome
12 Zurich

I send a lot of people to all the above cities except Paris and Rome. Rome is very rare for me to book, in Italy its either Milan or Turin. Very rarely do I send people to Paris but I use CDG as a transfer point for skyteam.
My biggest destinations on the list for my clients, AMS FRA LHR MAN MXP LIN MUC

Quote: AZDuffman

WOW, I never would have guessed even a small commercial flight would allow that.

The 12-20 seater seaplane routes around the Pacific Northwest are single pilot affairs. Some of them, the person carrying bags to and from the plane is the passenger too. I've ridden in the co-pilot seat on one of the shorter hops. No controls, mind.