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Nov. 22 (Bloomberg) -- The sales outlook for the Airbus A380 superjumbo may be clouded by safety guidelines from the International Civil Aviation Organization, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Preliminary guidance for air traffic controllers issued this month says the A380 produces "significantly stronger'' air turbulence than the biggest airliners currently in service, and other planes may have to fly at least twice the normal distance behind it, according to the newspaper.
That, in turn, would undermine what has been advanced as one of the superjumbo's main selling-points: greater efficiency at hub airports, the Journal said.
The ICAO's guidance calls for minimum gaps of 10 nautical miles for aircraft coming in to land behind an A380, and 15 miles at cruising altitude, compared with the five-mile space typically in force for today's largest aircraft on final approach or at cruising altitude, the newspaper said.
The guidelines are probably more cautious than the formal rules expected next year, the Journal said. |
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