Fed: $50 million Airbus plan for Melbourne Airport

AAP General News (Australia)
04-06-2005
Fed: $50 million Airbus plan for Melbourne Airport

A $50 million runway widening project has begun at Melbourne Airport that will make
it the first city in Australia able to accommodate the new airbus A380 plane.

The A380 Super Jumbo is expected to begin landing and taking off at Melbourne from June 2006.

The airport's 3.7-kilometre north-south runway will be widened by 15 metres to cater
for the A380's massive wing span.

The new airbus will be able to carry 555 passengers on it's two decks, 100 more than
the largest 747 at present.

The runway project is part of a $220 million project to expand the capacity of the airport.

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