Emirates Airline to restore Airbus A380 service to New York (JFK) in October
Emirates Airline Airbus A380-861 A6-EDA (msn 011) JFK (Ken Petersen) (coming back to JFK in October), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery. Emirates Airline (Dubai) will restore the Airbus A380 on...
View ArticleLufthansa and Frankfurt Airport welcomes the first based Airbus A380, will...
Lufthansa Airbus A380-841 F-WWSH (D-AIMA) (msn 038) XFW (Gerd Beilfuss) (first LH A380), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery. Frankfurt Airport (FRA) will once again welcome the A380 super jumbo....
View ArticleSingapore Airlines 4Q net profit surges to $197 million
Singapore Airlines Airbus A380-841 9V-SKF (msn 012) CDG (Christian Volpati), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery. Singapore Airlines (Singapore) reported its fiscal fourth-quarter net profit...
View ArticleEmirates Airline orders 32 additional Airbus A380s, total now 90
Emirates Airline Airbus A380-861 A6-EDA (msn 011) JFK (Ken Petersen) (coming back to JFK in October), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery. Emirates Airline (Dubai) has ordered a further 32 A380s...
View ArticleLufthansa accepts arbitration settlement with its pilots
Lufthansa Airbus A380-841 F-WWSH (D-AIMA) (msn 038) XFW (Gerd Beilfuss) (first LH A380), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery. Lufthansa (Frankfurt) has elected to accept the arbitration...
View ArticleSingapore Airlines swings to a $185 million profit in the fiscal first quarter
Singapore Airlines Airbus A380-841 9V-SKK (msn 051) ZRH (Andi Hiltl) (latest delivery), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery. Singapore Airlines (Singapore) has swung to the black again with a...
View ArticleLufthansa reports a $135 million first half loss
Lufthansa Airbus A380-841 F-WWSH (D-AIMA) (msn 038) XFW (Gerd Beilfuss) (first LH A380), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery. Lufthansa (Deutsche Lufthansa AG) (Frankfurst) reported a $135...
View ArticleQANTAS Airways sees a 4% drop in its yearly profits
QANTAS Airways Airbus A380-841 VH-OQC (msn 022) SYD (John Adlard), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery. QANTAS Airways (Sydney) reported a four percent drop in its yearly profits to slightly over...
View ArticleAir France is facing a 24-hour strike on October 12
Air France Airbus A380-861 F-HPJC (msn 043) CDG (Christian Volpati), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery. Air France (Paris) is facing a 24-hour strike on October 12. Unions at the company are...
View ArticleKorean Air’s first Airbus A380 is in final production
Korean Air’s (Seoul) first of four A380 aircraft is in final production at the Airbus headquarters in Toulouse, France, and delivery is expected in May 2011. Korean Air will be the first Asian airline...
View ArticleMalaysia Airlines’ first Airbus A380 makes its first flight from Toulouse
Malaysia Airlines Airbus A380-841 F-WWSU (msn 078) TLS (Clement Alloing) (first flight of 1st A380), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery. Malaysia Airlines’ (Kuala Lumpur) first Airbus A380 made...
View ArticleAround 100 Airbus A380 aircraft need to be repaired
Airbus (Toulouse) has identified the problem that has caused the recent wing cracks on the A380s. According to this article by The Telegraph, the problem has been located in the small brackets (called...
View ArticleAirbus to be dealing with the A380 wing cracks issue “for years”
Airbus (Toulouse) has admitted it will be dealing with the wing cracks issue on the A380 for “years” since cracks were found in most aircraft according to this story by Reuters and Today News. Read...
View ArticlePermanent Airbus A380 wing repairs will ground each aircraft for up to 8 weeks
Airbus (Toulouse) has stated it will take up to eight weeks for each aircraft to make the permanent repairs to fix the wing crack problem. Operators will have the option to schedule the down time at...
View ArticleLufthansa brings the Airbus A380 to Houston
Lufthansa (Frankfurt) started Frankfurt-Houston (Bush Intercontinental) Airbus A380 service yesterday (August 1) making it the fourth U.S. city serviced by the A380 by Lufthansa. Flight LH 440 touched...
View ArticleEmirates arrives in Lyon, France, expands its Airbus A380 cities
Emirates Airline (Dubai) on December 5 touched down in Lyon, celebrating the airline’s third destination in France and fourth new European destination since the start of 2012. Serviced by an Airbus...
View ArticleBritish Airways unveils seating plans for its new Airbus A380s and Boeing...
British Airways (London) has announced the seating plans for its new Airbus A380 and Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft on order. The company issued this statement: With the first of the airline’s new...
View ArticleBritish Airways announces Los Angeles as the first Airbus A380 destination
British Airways‘ (London) first Airbus A380 will fly from Los Angeles to London Heathrow, with tickets going on sale today. Los Angeles will be the inaugural destination for the first A380 to be...
View ArticleThe first Airbus A380 for British Airways is rolled out of the paint shop
British Airways‘ (London) first A380 has been rolled out of the paint shop facility at Hamburg (Finkenwerder), following the application of its full livery. Its livery includes some 10,000 individual...
View ArticleQatar Airways to fly its Boeing 787 to Stockholm starting on August 1 and...
Qatar Airways (Doha) has announced an expansion of its Boeing 787 services to Europe with the new state-of-the-art aircraft being deployed on three Scandinavian routes. The Doha-based carrier will...
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