New Delhi: Slot-constrained Mumbai airport is fast becoming a magnet for the world's biggest commercial aircraft, Airbus A-380. German mega carrier Lufthansa is planning to deploy this aircraft on the Mumbai-Frankfurt route from next summer. Currently, three international airlines — Singapore Airlines (SIA), Emirates, and Etihad — fly this double-decker aircraft to Mumbai.
Delhi, the only other airport that gets A-380s in India, at present sees the big bird from only two airlines — SIA and Lufthansa.
"From the winter schedule that starts October-end, we will introduce the Boeing 747-8 on our Mumbai-Frankfurt route. And then our endeavour will be to deploy an A-380 on this route from next summer," Wolfgang Will, Lufthansa (South Asia) director, told TOI.
Lufthansa has been trying to bring the A-380 to Mumbai for some years now but could not get the slot as the city's airport, till recently, had only one parking bay big enough for the A-380, along with a sole twinlevel aerobridge. "Delhi will be the first destination within the Lufthansa network that will be served with the new Airbus A350 at the beginning of 2017," Will said.
To Read the News in Full 23/06/16 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
Delhi, the only other airport that gets A-380s in India, at present sees the big bird from only two airlines — SIA and Lufthansa.
"From the winter schedule that starts October-end, we will introduce the Boeing 747-8 on our Mumbai-Frankfurt route. And then our endeavour will be to deploy an A-380 on this route from next summer," Wolfgang Will, Lufthansa (South Asia) director, told TOI.
Lufthansa has been trying to bring the A-380 to Mumbai for some years now but could not get the slot as the city's airport, till recently, had only one parking bay big enough for the A-380, along with a sole twinlevel aerobridge. "Delhi will be the first destination within the Lufthansa network that will be served with the new Airbus A350 at the beginning of 2017," Will said.
To Read the News in Full 23/06/16 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
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