Title map: China Southern Airlines A380, this article comes from the WeChat public account: Easy: a> , author: curtains
The current epidemic situation has few customers. right nowAll countries in the world except China have stopped A380 passenger flights.
A few days ago, Air France announced the early retirement of the A380. If you have not experienced the A380, even if the epidemic has passed, there may not be many opportunities.
Why did the A380 fail so much because it was uncomfortable to sit on? Today’s “Pulling in the Air” tells you the story of taking the A380.
Picture: Boarding Photography: Close the curtains
There are many failures of the A380. For example, because it is too large, there are only two bridges in the Capital Airport T2 terminal to accommodate its huge body. At least what President Zong often sees is this: Flying International, at gate 12, and Flying Domestic, at gate 21.
If you use the far plane-more than 500 people, are you going to turn the apron into a sea of buses? Mr!
Picture: Economy Class Photography: Close the curtains
The second problem caused by the A380 being too large is that it is difficult to find customers. When Airbus was originally designed, it felt that large-capacity long-range aircraft were needed between major hub airports in the world. But after the plane is made bigger, it is not easy to fill it once. Some passengersSensitive to time, but more passengers are sensitive to fares.
China Southern ’s A380 seat layout is “First Class 8, Business 70, Economy 428”. Want to save more than 500 people to fly to Amsterdam or Los Angeles-to be honest, our country’s openness is not so high. Therefore, it can only work on the Beijing-Guangzhou line. Relying on the passenger flow of this golden route to sell full-price tickets, it is barely profitable.
Picture: Long wait Photography: Close the curtains
When there are more passengers, security is also a problem. Getting on and off, delivering meals, refueling, no one does not need time, often waiting on the ground, that is, three or four hours. The operational efficiency of our civil aviation is not too high, and the quality of passengers is difficult to guarantee. If more than 500 people wait for a delayed passenger-that scene, don’t mention how disharmony it is!
Picture: rear cabin kitchen (partial) Photography: draw up curtains
Taking advantage of the effort of others to grab the luggage rack, he pulled to the upper level and looked at the back. The aircraft is large, and the kitchen is very large. The cabinets on the side of the corridor seem to be used as a kitchen (oven). I did n’t know that there were so many ovens in the back cabin. The flight attendants could n’t be more busy. Especially for domestic routes, the time is short and you can’t be too busy.
Many people think that the upper deck of a double-decker plane is “first class”, but it is not. In the era of Boeing 747, the upper space was also mostly business class. The first class was generally at the front of the plane. It is said that the feeling of bumps there was least obvious. What about the upper level of the A380? Generally full economy class.
Picture: Rear Cabin Stairs Photography: Close the curtain
China Southern ’s upper class economy class does not allow seat selection during check-in, so it has to choose the lower class. When going to “sightseeing” on the upper floor, a foreign face stopped me on the stairs and asked me to help him take a picture. It turns out that even international friends do not often take the double-decker A380, and the excitement is beyond words.
Since President Zong did not often take a double-decker plane, he took a souvenir on the stairs. I did n’t expect the carpet to be very clean. I do n’t know if it was the jam falling from the upper kitchen … so there is a risk here.
There are many people, and delays are common. There was a delay of 40 minutes when boarding, and an hour of delay when taking off. Passengers like to bring their suitcases into the cabin too. The flight attendants coordinate the space, which is very time-consuming.
Picture: Looking at the ground from A380 Photography: Close the curtain
Flights that depart at 15:30 will continue until 16:49