Will the A318 be able to land in LondonCityAirport one day ?

Ovostar · Post by **Ovostar** » 11 May 2006, 19:20

I heard that airbus was making tests in france for the a318 to land in LCY , is this true ?

vc-10 · Post by **vc-10** » 11 May 2006, 19:32

I think so.......the a319 can land in Tibet or whereever it is with Druk Air, so I assume that the A318 can/will be able to do LCY

airazurxtror · Post by **airazurxtror** » 11 May 2006, 21:29

A good feature on this subject (go to page 7) :

http://www.ifalpa.org/if_news/IFALPANews06NWS011.pdf

Ozzie1969 · Post by **Ozzie1969** » 11 May 2006, 21:50

Druk Air is from Bhutan, not Tibet.

n5528p · Post by **n5528p** » 12 May 2006, 12:54

Airbus tries to get a steeper approach certofoed for the A318 (5 degrees) to be able to land in LCY. For this reason the painted a runway the size of LCY in Tolouse on the normal RWY.

Regards, Bernhard

Ovostar · Post by **Ovostar** » 12 May 2006, 13:16

they painted one! that's crazy! I am going to try to find pics...

Captain · Post by **Captain** » 13 May 2006, 11:27

What's the length of London City in comparison to the max length required for an A318 to land safely?

loadmaster747 · Post by **loadmaster747** » 13 May 2006, 12:05

London City Airport Runway lenght is 4327ft (1319m)

But don't know min.required for A318 landing.

Mavke · Post by **Mavke** » 13 May 2006, 19:34

Wel he landed today at london city , so couldnt be a problem eh ....

http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/20 ... +City.html

kenny

Ovostar · Post by **Ovostar** » 14 May 2006, 10:54

WOW! Great pics and article! Thank you for the link

Captain · Post by **Captain** » 14 May 2006, 12:31

Wow, amazing! I like the pictures of the plane landing and rowers on the Thames being amazed at the unusual site.

I take it this will be a great opportunity to further expand LCY and increase it's flights but is there really that much demand.

I have flown there last year and it appears planes are never full though most passengers pay business class seats.

fokker_f27 · Post by **fokker_f27** » 14 May 2006, 13:59

I'm not very superised that he made it. The cocktail weener isn't a very big airplane anyway. The pictures are spectaculer tough.

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 14 May 2006, 14:14

fokker_f27 wrote:The cocktail weener isn't a very big airplane anyway.

fokker_f27 · Post by **fokker_f27** » 14 May 2006, 16:49

I call the A318 cocktail weener because it's so short.

Ovostar · Post by **Ovostar** » 14 May 2006, 16:56

i heard that airbus pilots don't like to fly it... they it is hard to land with it...

vc-10 · Post by **vc-10** » 14 May 2006, 21:16

Thats not the Thames.....rowing on the Thames is not fun at all. I have done it, and it is an open sewer.

n5528p · Post by **n5528p** » 22 May 2006, 10:03

Mavke wrote:Wel he landed today at london city , so couldnt be a problem eh ....

Well, a test flight is one thing - getting a certification for pax ops is different.

Bernhard

Buzz · Post by **Buzz** » 22 May 2006, 14:46

Ovostar wrote:i heard that airbus pilots don't like to fly it... they it is hard to land with it...

Any source for this? Why would it be harder to land than an A319, A320 or A321?
Even if pilots did find it hard to land her, why don't they let the computer land her...

Buzz · Post by **Buzz** » 22 May 2006, 14:47

fokker_f27 wrote:I call the A318 cocktail weener because it's so short.

How about 'babyBus'? Says the same, but in a nicer way

vc-10 · Post by **vc-10** » 22 May 2006, 19:19

I've just realised: that was Poplar regatta. Although I wasn't there, the boat in the pic of the jet landing looks very like the 1st IV.

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