Economy Class & Beyond

Singapore Airlines firms up more A380’s and A350’s

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Time to turn our attention away from the Boeing 787 and turn to the other new big aircraft in the air/in development. Singapore Airlines has finalised an order with Airbus for five A380's and 20 A350-900 aircraft, with a list price of US$7.5 Billion. This will boosts the Singapore Airlines cadre of A380's to 24 aircraft - with 19 in operation at the moment. Only Emirates … [Read more...]

Safety Video Saturday – Thai Airways A380

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It's Saturday again, so its time to place your seats in the upright position, stow your table, ensure footrests are down and your seatbelts are fastened as its time for this weeks safety demonstration This week, it's Thai Airways International with their Airbus A380 Safety Video (which was forwarded to me by one of my regular readers - Andrew). Next week - something … [Read more...]

British Airways begins preperations for its first A380

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With the first British Airways Airbus A380 almost complete and now running engine tests, the time for BA to get ready to operate the new bird in time for Summer 2013. Rolls Royce Trent 900 Engine being mounted onto British Airways first Airbus A380 - Image Airbus S.A.S. And that involves a lot of training. To assist, BA are commissioning a simulator at Gatwick to … [Read more...]

Thai Airways takes delivery of its first Airbus A380

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Thai Airways International has today taken delivery of its first Airbus A380 at Toulouse.  This makes Thai the 9th operator to fly the A380, with their first aircraft called "Si Rattana" - or Majestic Jewel. Images - Airbus SARL. Thai has a total of six A380's on order configured in a 507 seat layout of: 12 in Royal First Class (configured as pitch of 83 … [Read more...]

British Airways confirm new aircraft arrival time-frames

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There's been talk and discussion of when British Airways will be receiving its new Airbus A380's and Boeing 787 Dreamliners. Well it looks like some time-frames have been announced. For the 787's, British Airways is expecting their first delivery in May 2013, with a further three aircraft to be delivered in to the end of the year. Meanwhile for those who love the A380, … [Read more...]

Thai Airways set to get their first A380 on 27th September

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I've done my fair share of chatting about the 787 - lets switch to the other "new" jet in the sky - the Airbus A380, and in particular, Thai Airways. Thai Airways is due to take delivery of their first Airbus A380 on the 27th September, and will be starting to put them into service extremely quickly on the 6th October, operating from Bangkok to Hong Kong and … [Read more...]

Emirates to move Dubai-London to all A380 operations forward

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Emirates seem to have changed their plans to shift the Dubai to London route, with a move forward. EK007/EK008 will move forward as planned from the 28th October 2012 EK028/EK030 which was due to switch to A380 operations on 1st February 2013 will now instead switch on the 10th December 2012 The new timetable from 10th December is as follows: Dubai - London … [Read more...]

China Southern to operate A380’s on Guangzhou to LA route

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China Southern Airlines will be accelerating their international expansion planes, with the announcement they will operate one of their A380 fleet on the Guangzhou - Los Angeles route from 12th October 2012. The timings are below; CZ327 DEPART CAN 21:00  ARRIVE LAX 18:50 CZ328 DEPART LAX 23:30 ARRIVE CAN 05:50 +2 Operates Daily. Booked Equipment: Airbus … [Read more...]

Safety Video Saturday – Qantas “Olympic/Paralympic” Safety Video

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It's Saturday again, so it's time to stow that tray table, put your seat in the upright position and pay attention to the following safety video. This week's video is presented by Qantas featuring the Australian Olympic and Paralympic teams as the countdown continues to the London 2012 Games. It's good to see Qantas getting in the swing of things as the days before … [Read more...]

Malaysia Airlines preview their 2nd A380 at Farnborough – Farnborough flying line-up…

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The 2nd A380 that Malaysia Airlines will be receiving will have a diversion to Farnborough next week as it forms part of the flying display line-up there. Now we're aware of the configuration of the plane (8F, 66C, 70Y (upper), 350Y lower) and you would had thought "Why not install some Premium Economy Seating" Malaysia Airlines decided against it, going for for more two … [Read more...]

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