Air Austral Maxes Out on Super-Jumbo Space With 840 Passengers – Bloomberg.com

Air Austral, which links islands in the Indian and Pacific Ocean with France, became the first airline to order the Airbus SAS A380 super-jumbo in an 840- passenger configuration for budget class trips to Paris.The airline has ordered two of the world’s largest passenger plane, with an option for two more, Airbus Chief Operating Officer John Leahy said at the Dubai Air Show today. The first of the double-deck aircraft enters service in 2014.“It is a lot of seats,” said Zafar Khan, an analyst at SG Securities in London. “The question is if there is enough density on the route to fill the aircraft.”

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