Economy Class & Beyond

Airplane Art – Qantas Airbus A380 “Nancy Bird Walton”

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It's Sunday, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week, it's a Qantas Airbus A380 - the first one delivered to their fleet - Nancy Bird Walton at London Heathrow Airport. This A380 was first of the fleet delivered to Qantas and named after one of the pioneers of Australian aviation - Nancy Bird Walton. This aircraft has had an interesting life, mainly it … [Read more...]

British Airways plan double-daily A380s to Miami

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British Airways is planning to change its operations to Miami with plans afoot to send a pair of Airbus A380s to Miami on a daily basis. British Airways A380 at London Heathrow - Image Economy Class and Beyond The new timings and flight numbers have been released, with the new timetable commencing in October 2015: BA207 DEPART LHR 09:10 ARRIVE MIA 13:55 BA209 DEPART LHR … [Read more...]

Anyone want an Airbus A380… Anyone?

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It seems Skymark Airlines is to pull away from the Airbus A380, abandoning its long haul international plans, with Airbus terminating the order from Skymark. The first Skymark Airbus A380 - now not to be delivered  - Image, Airbus. Skymark had six Airbus A380s on their order book, with two already complete and were awaiting cabin-fitout. And this is actually a big problem … [Read more...]

Asiana Airlines brings forward its LA A380 service

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For those of you who are tracking A380 inaugural flights, Asiana Airlines will be commencing their Airbus A380 superjumbo services to Los Angeles by a week. Asiana Airlines Airbus A380 rolling out of the paint shop - Image, Airbus The service will now commence on 20th August (instead of the 26th August) between Seoul Incheon and Los Angeles International, according to their … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – Qantas A380s at Heathrow

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more Airplane Art. This week, resting under cloudy skies are a pair of Qantas Airbus A380 aircraft at London Heathrow Airport parked away from the gates as they await their evening returns duties to Australia.. The image is clickable if you want to see a larger version – and yes you can keep them for your desktops! More … [Read more...]

Emirates to switch a Frankfurt flight to an A380

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With the largest fleet of Airbus A380s in the sky, Emirates can make their presence felt anywhere - even if they deploy it for just one rotation a day. One of Emirates Airbus A380s turning onto the active at London Heathrow Airport - Image GhettoIFE Emirates will be sending one of their A380s to operate its Dubai to Frankurt-am-Main service, switching out an Boeing 777-300ER … [Read more...]

Qantas prepares to pull back A380s from Hong Kong

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As Qantas continues to suffer, it is still attempting to reshape its Asian network, with the big Airbus A380 featuring on the Sydney to Hong Kong route due to be removed from the route, and switched to allow the Dallas route to operate. Qantas Airbus A380 at London Heathrow - Image GhettoIFE. Currently, the route is operated throughout the year, five days a week. This is … [Read more...]

Asiana reveals pictures of its A380 cabins (First, Business and Travel)

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As Asiana Airlines gears up to operate the double decks Airbus A380 aircraft, the airline has released some pretty pictures of the product. First up is First Class... which in some respects looks like an Underground train with the entryways into the suites (with a two door sliding soultion, a 32" screen,  in a 1-2-1 configuration on the lower deck of the plane Entrance to a … [Read more...]

Etihads new planes and destinations

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By now you've seen all the noise over Etihads new Airbus A380 configuration (including the "residence" accommodation), and the news that their Boeing 787-9s will also be joining their fleet. But where are they flying? The Airbus A380 will be touching down at London Heathrow first, operating from Abu Dhabi from the 27th December 2014, operating the EY11/EY12 flight pair. … [Read more...]

Qatar Airways to deploy its first A380 to London Heathrow

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Qatar Airway have been making lots of noises about its upcoming Airbus A380, and have finally confirmed which route will get the aircraft. Unsurprisingly, it is to the slot constrained airport of London Heathrow. The plane will operate on the QR003/QR004 rotation from 17th June on the following times: QR003 DEPART DOH 07:55 ARRIVE LHR 1315 QR004 DEPART LHR 15:05 ARRIVE DOH … [Read more...]