Lufthansa are laying in the plans for it's A380 fleet. Already serving Johannesburg, Tokyo and Being, the next target for the LH A380's will be New York - John F Kennedy International. This will be the destination of the 5th A380 when it arrives in February. JFK isn't a stranger to A380's with Emirates running services there originally, before it redeployed them to Toronoto. … [Read more...]

If it's not one thing with A380's, it's another. And today's news from Toronto is a small wakeup to those supply those A380's. Emirates has withdawn one of its A380 from use after an incident with a catering truck, damaged the right wing of the aircraft. The truck is a scisor lift truck, and was servicing the top deck of the aircraft during the incident when it failed, and the … [Read more...]

For those of you who like light lunchtime reading, The Australian Trasport Safety Board has released  it's preliminary report of the QF32 Incident.You can get it at: http://www.atsb.gov.au/media/2888854/ao-2010-089%20preliminary%20report.pdfLight reading for all... … [Read more...]

Well if you couldn't guess it was going to happen... it has. Qantas has launched litigation against Rolls Royce engines to recover some of the losses incured during the uncontained engine incident that forced flight QF32 back to Singapore a month ago. In a statement Qantas said:"Qantas has commenced discussions with Rolls-Royce on a range of issues concerning the A380 fleet, … [Read more...]

It seems that Air France is still enjoying life with it's Engine Alliance powered A380's, and have announced the next destination they will server - Paris CDG to Washington Dulles.This will consiolidate two departures into one, operating asFLIGHT FROM  TO   DEPART  ARRIVEAF028  CDG   IAD  10:40   13:00AF039  … [Read more...]

The following is a bulk email sent to all Qantas Frequent Flyer Members - reproduced with just the text.I am pleased to advise that Qantas will resume A380 services, commencing with an initial A380 service to London via Singapore on Saturday 27 November.We have undertaken a rigorous inspection program in conjunction with Rolls Royce and Airbus to ensure the fleet is ready to … [Read more...]

Well it's taken long enough, but Qantas has annoucned that it's slowly completing it's safetey checks and are planing for their A380 aircraft to reenter service.Services will commence on the 27th November - over 3 weeks since the engine on QF32 decided to uncontain itself and had to return to Singapore, grounding the fleet.Qantas will be restricting the use of the fleet as … [Read more...]

It's time for some positive A380 news after the QF32 engine incident - and we'll kick off with Skymark Airlines of Japan who have confirmed to Airbus they wish to order Four A380's for Japanese Domestic operations only.That's right. Domestic Operations.Japan has a habit of needing to shift a lot of people around - and it's not uncommon to find 747-400's that were build for … [Read more...]