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Originally Posted by Blademaster
A revolutionary design won't do because it is revolutionary in design meaning that it will take at least a decade to get the bugs out of the new design and new support systems must be built in to accommodate the new design.
Remember this kind of size is only good for transatlantic, transpacific, and continental flights so you don't need that many airports. I would say about 10 to 15 airports in US would be enough.
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Yeah, but something like this will be in service for 40 years or more. It's worth taking 15 years to come up with one.
Actually I doubt there'll be even 10 airports in the US cleared to take the A380. LAX and one of the NYC airports might. Maybe one in Miami. I don't think the enthusiasm in the states is very high for the A380. The cost of modification is just too high.
Here's another problem that popped up recently. It appears the A380's wake turbulance is so horrible that the take off interval has to be lengthened to double the normal time. That means the volume of passengers moved is still the same because we're moving twice the number of people, but take twice as long.