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The Air France <strong>A380</strong><br />
overview<br />
Key figures<br />
Focus on <strong>the</strong> main<br />
new features<br />
Key dates<br />
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p II and p III<br />
p IV
Key figures<br />
• 538<br />
passengers<br />
Focus on<br />
<strong>the</strong> main<br />
new features<br />
Upper<br />
deck<br />
106 80<br />
g<br />
Key<br />
Doors<br />
Boarding doors<br />
Voyageur seat<br />
Affaires seat<br />
• 22<br />
cabin crew<br />
La Première seat<br />
Voyageur Bar<br />
Affaires Bar<br />
• 13,000 km<br />
operating range<br />
fuel consumption of<br />
• 2.9 litres per passenger<br />
per 100 km<br />
Stairs between <strong>the</strong> two Voyageur cabins<br />
on <strong>the</strong> main and upper deck<br />
Each seat has a USB socket for<br />
downloading Air France programmes<br />
The gallery, an area for learning and<br />
culture<br />
g<br />
La Première Bar<br />
Stairs exclusively reserved for<br />
La Première passengers<br />
La Première coat closet<br />
The gallery for Affaires and<br />
La Première passengers<br />
Changing cabin<br />
• 20%<br />
less gas emissions than <strong>the</strong> A330<br />
• 15 million<br />
euros saved<br />
per <strong>A380</strong> per year<br />
Boarding and disembarkation via<br />
• 3 doors for easier access<br />
• +50%<br />
more floor space<br />
than <strong>the</strong> Boeing 747<br />
The lighting ambience changes during <strong>the</strong><br />
flight. Here, <strong>the</strong> late evening deep blue,<br />
in <strong>the</strong> Voyageur cabin<br />
One of <strong>the</strong> three bars in <strong>the</strong> Voyageur<br />
cabin<br />
The bar in <strong>the</strong> La Première cabin<br />
The changing cabin for La Première<br />
passengers<br />
• 12<br />
<strong>A380</strong>s on order<br />
Main<br />
deck<br />
II<br />
74<br />
121<br />
148<br />
9<br />
III
Key dates<br />
• 1996<br />
Air France takes part in <strong>the</strong> “A3XX” programme to design <strong>the</strong> <strong>A380</strong><br />
• July 2000<br />
Signing of a letter of intent at <strong>the</strong> Farnborough Air Show<br />
• June 2001<br />
Signing of <strong>the</strong> purchasing agreement<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
Early 2003<br />
Setting up of <strong>the</strong> Air France Project group<br />
2003<br />
Air France works toge<strong>the</strong>r with <strong>the</strong> airport authorities and <strong>the</strong> certification authorities<br />
to adapt airport infrastructures to <strong>the</strong> <strong>A380</strong><br />
2005<br />
The runways and taxiways at Paris-Charles de Gaulle are adapted to <strong>the</strong> <strong>A380</strong><br />
•<br />
2003<br />
Launch of <strong>the</strong> construction programme of <strong>the</strong> H6 hangar,<br />
dedicated to <strong>A380</strong> maintenance<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
2004<br />
Air France draws up staff training programmes<br />
June 2007<br />
Air France, Paris Airports Authority and <strong>the</strong>ir partners carry out<br />
airport compatibility tests<br />
November 2007<br />
Additional compatibility tests are carried out at Paris-Charles de Gaulle, at <strong>the</strong> S3<br />
boarding satellite, <strong>the</strong> H6 hangar, aircraft parking stands and with traffic along <strong>the</strong><br />
taxiways<br />
• April 2008<br />
Delivery of <strong>the</strong> first part of <strong>the</strong> H6 hangar<br />
• May 2009<br />
Start of training for maintenance staff<br />
IV<br />
• Summer 2009<br />
Start of crew training (pilots, stewards and stewardesses) as well as training for<br />
ground staff
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