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China Southern launches A380 on Shanghai-Beijing route
By Yang Jian |
December 19, 2011, Monday
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ANOTHER Airbus 380 superjumbo belonging to China Southern Airlines started operating on the Shanghai-Beijing route from today.
Tickets cost 1,130 yuan (US$178) for economy seats, 2,830 yuan for first class and 3,160 yuan for luxury suites.
The prices are similar to those of common passenger jet on the routes.
The A380, the country's second, arrived in the Beijing Capital International Airport yesterday from the Airbus headquarters in France.
The Guangzhou-based carrier, the world's seventh operator of the double-deck plane, launched the commercial operation of China's first A380 on October 18 between Beijing and Guangzhou.
"The occupancy rate of the first A380 remains at 92 percent which far exceeds the expectation," said Tan Wangeng, general manager of China Southern.
The airline will also fly the A380, the world's biggest passenger jet, on international routes from next year, but the schedule and route have yet to be announced.
The superjumbo is capable of carrying 853 passengers in an all-economy class configuration, compared with 400 generally carried by the Boeing 747.
However, China Southern has opted for a three-class configuration with a capacity of 506 --eight luxury suites, 70 business class seats and 428 economy class seats.
The other six operators are Singapore Airlines, Emirates, Qantas Airways of Australia, Air France, Germany's Lufthansa and Korean Air.
Tickets cost 1,130 yuan (US$178) for economy seats, 2,830 yuan for first class and 3,160 yuan for luxury suites.
The prices are similar to those of common passenger jet on the routes.
The A380, the country's second, arrived in the Beijing Capital International Airport yesterday from the Airbus headquarters in France.
The Guangzhou-based carrier, the world's seventh operator of the double-deck plane, launched the commercial operation of China's first A380 on October 18 between Beijing and Guangzhou.
"The occupancy rate of the first A380 remains at 92 percent which far exceeds the expectation," said Tan Wangeng, general manager of China Southern.
The airline will also fly the A380, the world's biggest passenger jet, on international routes from next year, but the schedule and route have yet to be announced.
The superjumbo is capable of carrying 853 passengers in an all-economy class configuration, compared with 400 generally carried by the Boeing 747.
However, China Southern has opted for a three-class configuration with a capacity of 506 --eight luxury suites, 70 business class seats and 428 economy class seats.
The other six operators are Singapore Airlines, Emirates, Qantas Airways of Australia, Air France, Germany's Lufthansa and Korean Air.
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