Further building on its commitment to provide customers expanded access to its route network, Emirates has announced that it will be upgrading its services to Sydney to an all-A380 operation. With all three of Emirates’ slots already in use at Sydney airport, the airline is able to commit nearly 2,000 extra weekly seats with the upgrade to…
China Southern Gives Up The A380
About 12 years after receiving its first superjumbo aircraft, China Southern has decommissioned its last A380. The airline’s peak saw them using their five A380s on domestic and international flights to places like Los Angeles, Sydney, and Amsterdam. The carrier has steadily been disposing of its A380 fleet, with the final superjumbo revenue flight believed…
Emirates resumes A380 services to Birmingham, Glasgow and Nice
The airline has also announced it will resume its second daily service to Stansted starting from 1 May 2023, utilising its wide-body Boeing 777-300ER aircraft fitted with its renowned ‘Game Changer’ First Class product. With the return of the second daily flight to Stansted, Emirates will ramp up its operations to London with 11 daily…
Etihad Airways Brings Back The A380
After weeks of speculation, Etihad Airways announced last Friday that its Airbus A380 jets will return to the skies in 2023. Etihad grounded all ten of its famous double-decker planes more than two years ago at the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak. Its CEO often indicated that they would likely never fly again. However, the quick…
Emirates’ A380 touches down in New Zealand
Emirates’ flagship A380 made a landmark touchdown at Auckland Airport. This is first time the Emirates double-decker has landed in Auckland since February 2020, demonstrating increasing travel demand in and out of New Zealand. The special non-stop daily service from Dubai to Auckland was greeted at Auckland Airport ahead of the country’s first fully open…
Emirates A380 and Red Arrows ‘score an Ace’
Emirates and the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows, took to the skies to celebrate the start of the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai with a spectacular flypast over Jumeirah Golf Estates, along the Sheikh Zayed Road skyline and near the iconic Burj Khalifa. The aerial formation involved an Emirates A380 and…
Qantas Removes The A380 From Melbourne-Los Angeles
According to the most recent wave of schedule changes washing across Qantas’ calendar, anyone intending to travel first class on the superjumbo next year between Melbourne and Los Angeles may have crushed their dreams of high flying. This indicates that the airline will not introduce the Airbus A380 into the trans-Pacific route beginning in late…
The Airbus A380 makes a vibrant return
Without question, one of the businesses most hit by the pandemic has been the airline industry. The domino effect of people being unable to fly has also significantly influenced the tourism industry in general, but airlines have paid the highest price. The A380 was designed to outperform and outclass its predecessors. While passengers adore it, the…
Etihad CEO Says The A380 Doesn’t Make Economic Sense
Airlines have been reviewing their fleet of widebody aircraft since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the height of the pandemic in 2020, Etihad Airways decided to park its Airbus A380 planes “indefinitely” due to operational inefficiency, as the Gulf carrier raced to become a smaller and more streamlined “boutique” airline. In response to the…
Emirates to bring A380 to Washington D.C as United withdraws
Emirates has announced that it plans to upgrade its Dubai-Washington D.C. service, with the introduction of its flagship Airbus A380 on the route beginning February 1st. Replacing the existing Boeing 777-300ER used on this route, the A380 will serve the strong customer demand and restore route capacity following United Airlinesâ planned withdrawal from the Washington…
