"Until a US airline chooses to acquire and operate the
passenger version of the A380, foreign airlines that operate A380
passenger service to and from the US should pay for any needed
infrastructure improvements at the airports they
serve."
Source: Florida Congressman John Mica, who
added it would be "patently unfair" to use taxpayer dollars on
beefing up US runways, taxiways, air bridges and terminals to
accomodate the upcoming A380 superjumbo, the double-decker plane...
the biggest commercial aircraft ever, due to the ongoing World
Trade Court row over government subsidies to plane makers.