shamrock604 From Ireland, joined Sep 2007, 4039 posts, RR: 13 Reply 1, posted (1 year 7 months 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 10395 times:
Was only a matter of time. A very popular and good yielding route for AF, with the number of daily flights making it a perfect candidate for A380 service.
Flown EI,FR,RE,EIR,VE,SI,TLA,BA,BE,BD,VX,MON,AF,YS,WX,KL,SK,LH,OK,OS,LX,IB,LTU,HLX,4U,SU,CO,DL,UA,AC,PR,MH,SQ,QF, EY, EK
QANTAS747-438 From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 1804 posts, RR: 2 Reply 2, posted (1 year 7 months 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 10292 times:
Will it be able to fit at T2?
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kamboi From United States of America, joined Sep 2000, 126 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (1 year 7 months 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 10263 times:
Why not SFO? I just came back last week from BEY via CDG to SFO and it was a 774 completely full. Not a single empty seat. Last year on the same route was the same thing.
travelin man From United States of America, joined Mar 2000, 3313 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (1 year 7 months 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 9582 times:
QANTAS747-438 From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 1804 posts, RR: 2 Reply 10, posted (1 year 7 months 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 9460 times:
Quoting travelin man (Reply 7): Quoting QANTAS747-438 (Reply 2):
Will it be able to fit at T2?
Yes, I didn't think T2 had any A380 capable gates. How is this going to work?
No idea. Most planes need to be towed into their gates. The only think I can think of is that they put the 380 at the middle gate on the east side (don't know the number). VS often puts their A346 or 744 in that gate with plenty of room, however it means not being able to use the gates on either side.
web500sjc From United States of America, joined Sep 2009, 588 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (1 year 7 months 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 9157 times:
Quoting G500 (Reply 11): So Air France will have 2 ddaily A380 flights to LAX,
no one arrival and one departure for the A380, I think the A380 is daily, and LAX service is 15x weekly, the other services are with 772s. looks like 3x week one of the 772 continue on to PPT, and 3x week a 772 will come back from PPT thru to CDG.
other news is AF will be dropping the 77W from LAX.
all the above info I gleaned from the AF website and
ordjoe From United States of America, joined Aug 2010, 584 posts, RR: 0 Reply 14, posted (1 year 7 months 22 hours ago) and read 7839 times:
Quoting kamboi (Reply 3):
Why not SFO? I just came back last week from BEY via CDG to SFO and it was a 774 completely full. Not a single empty seat. Last year on the same route was the same thing.
jfk777 From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 7348 posts, RR: 7 Reply 17, posted (1 year 7 months 21 hours ago) and read 7515 times:
I realize the TBIT has A380 capable gates but why wouldn't Air France and LAX modify a terminal 2 gate for A380's. Right now Qantas, Sinhapore Airlines and Korean fly A380's to LAX and soon more will. LAX needs to use other terminals for A380 beyond the TBIT.
charles79 From Puerto Rico, joined Mar 2007, 1307 posts, RR: 5 Reply 19, posted (1 year 7 months 18 hours ago) and read 6302 times:
Quoting aa61hvy (Reply 6): Will LAX-PPT still continue to be a 777?
As a poster above mentioned it will be but they'll loose First Class/La Premiere service. AF 076 (CDG-LAX-PPT) and AF 077 (PPT-LAX-CDG) will be operated with 772s in a 35C-24W-248Y configuration. The other 772 flt (AF 072/069) will keep the 4P cabin. AF must have realized that the need for extra Y capacity would yield greater results than 4P seats I guess.
lightsaber From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 10696 posts, RR: 100 Reply 20, posted (1 year 7 months 18 hours ago) and read 6196 times:
Finally seeing LAX become the A380 Mecca it has been destined to become. QF, SQ, KE, and now AF. Now we just need LH, CZ, and I'm sure once the A388 has the range EK.
Quoting jfk777 (Reply 8): IF there is a terminal that parts could be coverted into 2 A380 gates its Terminal 2. The gates at the corners of the terminal would be perfect.
Quoting web500sjc (Reply 13): article states a380 will operate out of TBIT.
Ok, ignoring reality for a minute... I could see AF moving in with DL. There are options. T2 is a private terminal, so there will have to be an 'arrangement' for an A380 gate. There is no reason a private terminal couldn't have the gate up and running by May. I really hope T2 builds two A380 gates. Ok, I read and comprehended what you posted... I think there is a chance for T2 (or T5) to win AF's business in the future. But for T2, there must be significantly more A380s delivered to build the business case for A380 gates.
airbazar From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 6890 posts, RR: 7 Reply 21, posted (1 year 7 months 18 hours ago) and read 6069 times:
Quoting jfk777 (Reply 17): I realize the TBIT has A380 capable gates but why wouldn't Air France and LAX modify a terminal 2 gate for A380's. Right now Qantas, Sinhapore Airlines and Korean fly A380's to LAX and soon more will. LAX needs to use other terminals for A380 beyond the TBIT.
After the major investment into the expansion of TBIT, what's the short term incentive for building A380 gates anywhere else?
The AF A380 service to SFO was seasonal from June 6 to September 4. The LH A380 service is also seasonal and ends this weekend. As far as I know, AF has not announced whether they will bring the A380 back to SFO next summer, but I am pretty sure that LH will.
gmcc From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 186 posts, RR: 0 Reply 24, posted (1 year 7 months 17 hours ago) and read 6019 times:
Quoting lightsaber (Reply 20): There are options. T2 is a private terminal, so there will have to be an 'arrangement' for an A380 gate. There is no reason a private terminal couldn't have the gate up and running by May. I really hope T2 builds two A380 gates
Actually I think LAWA regained control of T2 last year according to the following link
25 LJ: Isn't this a capacity reduction on CDG-LAX? I thought that CDG-LAX was 20 times weekly this Summer (all with 777s).
26 Jacobin777: From my years of spotting, AF switches to an A343 during the winter season. I think what's happening here is AF has gone from a B744 during the summe
27 LAXintl: Simple answer is $$$. As I stated in Reply 9, the eventual plans are to have an A380 capable gate at T-2, however work towards such has not commenced
28 jfk777: While there is no short term incentuve to modify Terminal 2 into A380 capability, it should in the medium term. Terminal 2 is the best terminal at LA
29 YULWinterSkies: PPT has long been operated by the A340, which had no F. In fact, there used to be F on these as well before they got remodeled, so PPT F service has
30 lightsaber: What I don't get (from your link): "All of that will help us establish a more even playing field for all of the airlines so that they all compete on
31 gmcc: In regards to T2 there is a very real possibility it and T1& 3 might get demolished under the current master plan if 24L gets moved to the south.
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There are options. T2 is a private terminal, so there will have to be an 'arrangement' for an A380 gate. There is no reason a private terminal couldn't have the gate up and running by May. 
I really hope T2 builds two A380 gates. 
Ok, I read and comprehended what you posted... I think there is a chance for T2 (or T5) to win AF's business in the future. But for T2, there must be significantly more A380s delivered to build the business case for A380 gates. 
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