Hyderabad: The Airbus A-380, the largest passenger aircraft ever made, which is set to fly from Mumbai airport soon, was the centre of attraction at the India Aviation 2014 show at Hyderabad's Begumpet airport on Wednesday
The awesome bird, a symbol of the continuing effort to stretch the limits of aviation, is bound to be a game-changer after airlines like Emirates, which has the aircraft, starts operations from Mumbai and Delhi, initially.
The aviation ministry recently cleared the aircraft for regular services from India after the proposal was blocked by other Indian carriers for the simple reason that it is difficult to compete with a plane that has such high levels of fuel efficiency and can carry about 800 economy class passengers, if there is no business and first class configurations. With its incredible business and first class combos, the double decker aircraft can carry over 500 passengers.
"In short, it's like a mini palace for passengers and a head-turner wherever it goes," Captain Cyrus Cama of Mumbai, who piloted the Emirates plane to Hyderabad, told dna.
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