A380 deployment on CDG-LHR?

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A380 deployment on CDG-LHR?

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Re: A380 deployment on CDG-LHR?

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Concorde was sometimes used on the CDG-LHR as well.
Doubt they would ever sell 500+ on a single flight.

Just put everybody up in Business or first and pray for some longhaul bookings !
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Re: A380 deployment on CDG-LHR?

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http://airlineroute.net/2010/05/13/af-lhr-388/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: A380 deployment on CDG-LHR?

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Those A380-flights have very low (promotional) fares, some of them are 39 euro's one way incl. all taxes. Might be your chance to fly A380 relatively cheap.. :wink:
First class not bookable btw..
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I just booked my flight on the A380 on the 23rd of July, return the 25th. Looking forward to flying the giant!
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Re: A380 deployment on CDG-LHR?

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I just booked this flight on the 12th :mrgreen:
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Re: A380 deployment on CDG-LHR?

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Nice opportunity, too bad AF doesn't make a trip to AMS (their 2nd hub in Europe if you consider AF/KLM in total) with this thing.
Oh well, maybe if KLM or some other airline gets the 787/748 they will do the same?
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Re: A380 deployment on CDG-LHR?

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Derice wrote:Nice opportunity, too bad AF doesn't make a trip to AMS (their 2nd hub in Europe if you consider AF/KLM in total) with this thing.
Oh well, maybe if KLM or some other airline gets the 787/748 they will do the same?
Reminding that AMS is very limited to receive the A380, LHR is the most logical option to follow :wink:

Request; what do the R380FR and A380GB-codes mean in the link from airlineroute.net ??
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Re: A380 deployment on CDG-LHR?

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Hurricane wrote:Request; what do the R380FR and A380GB-codes mean in the link from airlineroute.net ??
I'd guess that those are the special booking classes for these flights.

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Re: A380 deployment on CDG-LHR?

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rutgertijmen wrote:I just booked my flight on the A380 on the 23rd of July, return the 25th. Looking forward to flying the giant!
I booked the flights on the same date.
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I've been looking at the flights too. Indeed the actual A380 flights are very cheap but if I add up all other costs (AMS-CDG-AMS, hotel etc.) it ísn't that cheap anymore.
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Re: A380 deployment on CDG-LHR?

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The groundtime in LHR is 2hours and 25minutes, should this be enough to clear customs and immigration in LHR?
If it can be done, than the option is to book a return flight on the same day, it's also available for the promotional fare.
But if the CDG-LHR flight is delayed, what are the risks????

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Re: A380 deployment on CDG-LHR?

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Online check-in.
If you have the boarding pass for the return flight already printed off, you can remain airside.
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Re: A380 deployment on CDG-LHR?

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Just booked a same day return...
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Re: A380 deployment on CDG-LHR?

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flying_kiwi wrote:Online check-in.
If you have the boarding pass for the return flight already printed off, you can remain airside.
There's no need for online check-in.

This is my first flight I've booked where you automatically receive your boardingpass 30 hours before the flight.
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