Login: het prijskaartje achter de luxe van Emirates Airlines

[luchtzak]

http://www.deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws/v ... =1.1635148

in het Nederlands, maar de reportage is in het Frans.

[sn26567]

The original programme in French (more than one hour, but amazing)

[Acid-drop]

they make a mistake in the first 15 sec already : "c'est le plus gros avion du monde" ... not exactly ...
journalists ...

[sn26567]

Not only journalists: see the latest ad of Lufthansa for their next A380 destination, Shanghai: "Fly to the 2nd largest city in China with the largest aircraft in the world."

[lumumba]

they make a mistake in the first 15 sec already : "c'est le plus gros avion du monde" ... not exactly ...
journalists ...

It is the biggest plane!!!!

[SFM]

It is the biggest plane!!!!!!

No, it isn't. The Ukrainian Antonov An-225 is bigger.
But since there is only one flying around (and it's a cargo plane), it is rather unknown to the general public.

The French journalists i'm not sure about. But I don't think the guys at Lufthansa are that stupid, it's probably just a marketing trick. Not many people (or rather, not many non-aviation enthusiasts) have heard of the An-225, so it's easy to call the A380 'the biggest plane'. Sounds better than "The biggest passenger plane", or "The biggest plane in series produced", doesn't it?

[b720]

It is the largest commercial passenger transport pane, with largest pax
Capacity. That's what they mean, in both instances. They are nt misleading
Anyone.

[lumumba]

It is the largest commercial passenger transport pane, with largest pax
Capacity. That's what they mean, in both instances. They are nt misleading
Anyone.

Thank you.
Patrice

[KriVa]

Sure, but SFM still does have a point. The A380 is not the biggest plane in the world. Nitpicking, but true.

[cnc]

well when they are on the tarmac the A380 is the biggest standing 24m high vs 19 for the AN-225
in all other aspects going from length to payload and MTOW the AN-225 is the winner