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Emirates Dubai – London service switch to A380’s… completely!

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Well it's taken long enough for Emriates, but it seems they now have enough of an A380 fleet to take Dubai to London Heathrow to A380 aircraft only.  There are a few changes here, so pay attention. The 4th Daily Service (the planned EK007/EK008) trip has been shifted from 1st Feb 2013 to 28th October 2012. This rotation which was going to be a Boeing 777-300ER has been … [Read more...]

Malaysia Airlines to go A380 daily on KL-London Route earlier than planned, and other A380 plans

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It seems Malaysia Airlines have confidence in their A380 plan after commencing operations of the aircraft on the 1st July. The new plan as of Monday (2nd July) is to take the Kuala Lumpur to London Heathrow route daily from the 12th August (from an original daily date of 25th August) The revised schedule (along with the other Kuala Lumpur to London Heathrow service) is … [Read more...]

Emirates to operate double daily A380’s on Dubai – New York

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Emirates have confirmed they will be uprating their A380 operations between Dubai and New York JFK. The current service currently operated by an A380 and a B777-300ER will switch to a Double A380 service. There's a bit of a wait to make this change as it's one of the first for 2013. The planned schedule is below: Dubai to New York - JFK EK203 DEPART DXB 02:00 … [Read more...]

Transaero confirms A380 order

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Transaero Airlines have confirmed an order today for four Airbus A380 aircraft. The original memorandum of understanding was signed in October 2011, with the conversion of that memorandum into a firm order, making it the first operator of the WhaleJet in Russia/CIS/Eastern European area. Transaero is planning to deploy these double-decker planes on high density routes … [Read more...]

Singapore Airlines to go 4 times a day on London – Singapore Route

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Well this is a turnup for the books with Sinagapore Airlines increasing its services to London Heathrow with a 4th service. Singapore Changi to London Heathrow SQ308 DEPART SIN 09:05 ARRIVE LHR 15:30 A380, DAILY SQ318 DEPART SIN 12:45 ARRIVE LHR 19:10 A380, DAILY SQ322 DEPART SIN 23:30 ARRIVE LHR 05:55+1 A380, DAILY SQ306 DEPART SIN 23:45 ARRIVE LHR 06:20+1 … [Read more...]

Malaysia Airlines prepares to receive it’s first A380

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Lets have some nice A380 news - well it is the nearly the weekend after all. Malaysia Airlines first Airbus A380 is edging ever closer after the bird being flown back from Hamburg - where the interiors, furnishings and cabin tests were conducted to the Airbus factory in Toulouse. Here's a pic of the plane returning to Toulouse... and someone really spent money on the … [Read more...]

Nancy Bird returns to the air

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Qantas's Airbus A380 registered VH-OQA or known as "Nancy Bird Walton" finally returned home from Singapore on the 22nd April. The A380 suffered an uncontained engine failure on the 4th November 2010 as it departed Singapore with bits of the engine falling to the ground, forcing an emergency return to Singapore. Since the return of the aircraft to Singapore, the aircraft … [Read more...]

Airplane Repaint Saturday: Qantas A380

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It's Saturday, and time for an aircraft to enter the paint shop As Qantas's Nancy Bird (their first A380) prepares to retake to the skies after it's extended break on the ground after her engine incident over 18 months ago, here's a video of her getting her first paint job in 2008. More airplane repainting next week! … [Read more...]

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