MaverickM11 From United States of America, joined Apr 2000, 15730 posts, RR: 48 Posted (6 years 1 month 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 2577 times:
Saw the pic of the A380 at MUC and wondered what routes to MUC are viable as an A380? LH rarely flies the 744 to MUC and TG probably has bigger fish to fry with their small 380 fleet.
MaverickM11 From United States of America, joined Apr 2000, 15730 posts, RR: 48 Reply 2, posted (6 years 1 month 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 2489 times:
Quoting Avianca (Reply 1): I think we will see fore sure EK with the A380 in MUC
Touché....I think the better question there is where won't EK fly the A380
It will be a long time until we see A380s regularly at MUC. LH will base all theirs at FRA (as with the 744, the 744 never flew a regular, scheduled flight out of MUC), TG is more than unlikely to upgrade and EK... well, just because EK will receive 45 A380s over the next years, doesn't mean that every single destination will get to see one. EK currently has two daily flights to MUC; the evening flight is always performed with their smallest equipment, the A332. The daytime flight is either a A343 or A332, but has recently been downgraded from a 772 which was used four times weekly.
So until the two existing flights won't be upgraded to a 772, 773, or 77W you should not consider the possibility of an EK A380 at MUC. Furthermore, MUC does not have slot problems - it would be easy to introduce a third daily flight, and Terminal 1 (where EK resides) did not receive special A380 gates AFAIK.
Stylo777 From Turkey, joined Feb 2006, 2870 posts, RR: 12 Reply 4, posted (6 years 1 month 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 2311 times:
Quoting FrancoBlanco (Reply 3): EK currently has two daily flights to MUC; the evening flight is always performed with their smallest equipment, the A332. The daytime flight is either a A343 or A332, but has recently been downgraded from a 772 which was used four times weekly.
the one and only possible carrier in my eyes is LH which could perform some BKK, JFK, LAX flights out of MUC if at all..
MBJ2000 From Germany, joined Dec 2005, 426 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (6 years 1 month 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 2209 times:
Quoting Stylo777 (Reply 4): Quoting FrancoBlanco (Reply 3):
EK currently has two daily flights to MUC; the evening flight is always performed with their smallest equipment, the A332. The daytime flight is either a A343 or A332, but has recently been downgraded from a 772 which was used four times weekly.
the one and only possible carrier in my eyes is LH which could perform some BKK, JFK, LAX flights out of MUC if at all..
Your words in LH's ears! Should LH put one on MUC - LAX or even better SFO, I will be one of the first to buy a ticket, finally a good reason to visit a friend in San Jose...
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Avianca From Venezuela, joined Jan 2005, 5857 posts, RR: 40 Reply 6, posted (6 years 1 month 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 2124 times:
Quoting FrancoBlanco (Reply 3): So until the two existing flights won't be upgraded to a 772, 773, or 77W you should not consider the possibility of an EK A380 at MUC. Furthermore, MUC does not have slot problems - it would be easy to introduce a third daily flight, and Terminal 1 (where EK resides) did not receive special A380 gates AFAIK.
asking me why than EK self anounced that they will use the A380 on major routes like FRA, MUC,LHR etc...
SailorOrion From Germany, joined Feb 2001, 2058 posts, RR: 6 Reply 7, posted (6 years 1 month 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 2094 times:
Quoting FrancoBlanco (Reply 3): (as with the 744, the 744 never flew a regular, scheduled flight out of MUC)
Wrong. LH did have MUC-LAX and MUC-SFO with 747s between 1999 and 2001.
There won't be any A380 flights into MUC for the time being, but some airlines might be sending it here later on. TG is one candidate for example. However, at least in Europe, MUC was the first airport to be certified for A380 operation (possibly owing to the fact that no runway/taxiway reconfigurations were needed).
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