Heathrow airport ready to welcome Airbus "superjumbo"

0 Comments | AFP, January, 2005

LONDON (AFP) — London's Heathrow airport is spending 450 million pounds (643 million euros, 842 million dollars) to accommodate new Airbus A380 planes, the first of which was set to roll out of its hangar.

"The A380 will be an important aircraft for Heathrow," airport operator BAA said on its website.

"Its extra capacity will make efficient use of our two busy runways and will make it attractive to airlines operating in busy airport environments such as Heathrow," it added Sunday.

BAA said it would spend 450 million pounds "to prepare for the A380 and upgrade Heathrow's busy airfield".

The Airbus A380, which gets presented to the world on Tuesday in a roll-out ceremony in Toulouse, southwest France, is a double-decker "superjumbo" capable of carrying...