Another A380 back to the Skies with Korean Air
One after the other, airlines that operated the A380 had no option but to bring the giant back given the demand.
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Lufthansa to Fly the A380 Again in Summer 2023
- by Noam Ismaaili
- June 28, 2022
- 2 minutes read
Lufthansa (LH) revealed its final decision on the future of the Airbus A380 fleet. LH’s Superjumbos will be reactivated starting in summer 2023.
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Airshows
The Last Emirates Airbus A380 – The Full Tour (+Photos)
- by Siddharth Ganesh
- June 26, 2022
- 3 minutes read
The world’s largest international airline, Emirates (EK) brought its last ever Airbus A380 to ILA 2022 in Berlin.
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New Widebody Aircraft for Malaysia Airlines?
- by Siddharth Ganesh
- June 19, 2022
- 2 minutes read
Just like any other airline, the urgency to move to more modern jets is a much-needed strategy for Malaysia Airlines (MH).
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British Airways to Bring back All Its A380s
- by Siddharth Ganesh
- June 7, 2022
- 3 minutes read
Find out why British Airways (BA) is bringing back all its Airbus A380s in full swing.
History
4/27/2005: First Flight of the Airbus A380
- by Helwing Villamizar
- April 27, 2022
- 5 minutes read
Today in Aviation, the Superjumbo Airbus A380 made its maiden flight in 2005 after three years of development and testing.
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Lufthansa to Close the A380 Chapter for Good
- by Siddharth Ganesh
- April 2, 2022
- 1 minute read
The end for Lufthansa’s (LH) Airbus A380 is here. Group CEO, Carsten Spohr, comes to a final decision to retire them for good.
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Qatar Airways Denies Airbus’ US$220m Contract Breach Claim
- by Helwing Villamizar
- March 23, 2022
- 1 minute read
According to court documents obtained by Bloomberg, Qatar Airways (QR) has denied charges that it owes Airbus US$220m in damages. When it declined to accept delivery of two A350 planes, the airline argued it had not broken its contract with the planemaker.
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Passenger Experience
Farnborough: Airbus to Launch A380 Booking Search Engine
- by Chris Sloan
- July 12, 2016
- 1 minute read
LONDON — Airbus will launch a new online travel search engine this week, allowing passengers to search and book flights on the A380. The idea is to capitalize on and highlight the passenger experience benefits of booking flights on Airbus’ superjumbo, which are often configured with premium seating configurations and feature unique passenger experience features […]
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Farnborough: Airbus Sees Demand for 33,070 New Aircraft Over Next 20 Years
- by Chris Sloan
- July 11, 2016
- 3 minutes read
LONDON — Airbus released its 2016 Global Market Forecast (GMF) earlier today at the Farnborough Airshow, projecting demand for 33,070 new aircraft over the next 20 years representing $5 trillion in cumulative market value. That figure was about 14% less than the demand for 37,240 new airplanes projected by Boeing after netting out the 2,380 […]