Economy Class & Beyond

British Airways A380’s take a step closer…

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Thanks to a little Tweet and an Instagram Picture, The British Airways Social Media team has posted a picture of a frame of an A380... that will form one of British Airways A380 fleet. And you'll have to click https://instagr.am/p/JPQdnNIsIR/ to view it. British Airways have 12 A380's on order, to be powered by Rolls Royce Trent 900 Engines. With the new slots that the … [Read more...]

Nancy Bird Walton to take to the skies and fly home (QF32)

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Remember Flight QF32? 18 months, ago, a Qantas Airbus A380 - VH-OQA "Nancy Bird Walton" experienced an uncontained engine failure over Batam  in 2010, and had to limp back Singapore. As we all know, there were no injuries... save for the airplane itself. Well it's take 18 months of repairs, but it seems Nancy Bird is ready to take to the air again after extensive … [Read more...]

Air France A380’s spread their wings… to Singapore

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Time for some more A380 news, with an Air France deciding to operate their Paris-CDG to Singapore run. The route is a bit haphazzard, as it seems it's being run 3 days a week. So for those of you who love A380's initally from the 1st April to 12 June. On other days, it's back to the cram-fest that is an Air France 777-300ER (10 across in the back. Lovely.) AF256 DEPART CDG … [Read more...]

Airplane Art Extra: Thai Airways International Airbus A380

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It's Tuesday, and it's time for some Extra Airplane Art. Today, it's a green Airbus A380... with a Thai Airways International tail on it. Image - Airbus S.A.R.L. This is the first Airbus A380 for Thai Airways, who are due to take delivery in the 3rd Quarter of 2012. Thai Airways are due a total 9 frames from Airbus. The first aircraft for Thai was ferried from Toulouse … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – Qantas A380 at Sunset

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It's Sunday, so it must be time for some airplane art. Rather than raiding though the archive of stuff I've shot, it's one from the end of my Japan trip - a Qantas Airbus A380 sitting pretty in the evening sun at London Heathrow Airport (Yes, it's clickable to view the large version!) More of course next week! … [Read more...]

Korean Air to upgrade Seoul ICN to Frankfurt… to A380 operations

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Korean Air has decided to deploy an A380 to Frankfurt in a move that has surprised some (as London was on the cards). It seems the money in Frankfurt and trade links are more important than a city name... and people who will pay and fill those business class seats  - so business sense rather than pride. (although Korean Air has expanded its route to London recently - even … [Read more...]

A380 grounding hit Qantas

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Well it seems the problems with the A380 wing ribs are getting more serious with Qantas withdrawing one of their aircraft during inspections. Qantas report that it found "minor cracking has been found on some wing rib feet," and is working with Airbus to resolve issues, with Qantas reporting they believe these to be from manufacturing issues rather than turbulence issues. … [Read more...]

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