Economy Class & Beyond

Emirates continues London Heathrow expansion.. goes to 4 A380 services daily

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Emriates last month announced it was going to increase A380 services to 3 times daily, with 2 services operated by 777-300ER's. Well a month seems to be a short time in aviation as Emirates announcing they are to 4 times daily with A380's. Flights EK005 and EK006 are the latest conversions on the London route - leaving EK007 and EK008 as the remaining Boeing 777-300ER … [Read more...]

A380 Update: Thai Airways International first A380 goes into final assembly

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Lets have some nice pretty looking aviation news, and it's from Airbus who have released a picture of the first Thai Airways International Airbus A380 entering final assembly. Image - (c) Airbus SAS 2011. Now I don't know about you, but that Purple on the tail fin does look very pretty indeed (and I do like the colour scheme they've chosen for the "re-brand"). I'll look … [Read more...]

Emirates upscales another service to A380 on Dubai-London run

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The shy and retiring airline that's known as Emirates has decided to upscale it's operations to London again, and have disposed of a 777 and switched it to... an A380. Flight EK29/30 from the 24th of January 2012 will go A380, adding more capacity on the run, and from the timings, perfect connection timings for some of their other Eastbound services For those interested … [Read more...]

Malaysia to serve London Heathrow… with A380’s

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Malaysia Airlines have quietly rolled out where they're going to be taking their A380's to, and has quietly announced it's going to serve London Heathrow with the big Airbus's. Currently, the aircraft is booked as below, operating 3 days a week from between KL and London: MH002 DEPART KUL 2340 ARRIVE LHR 0550+1 Operates Monday, Thursday, Saturday MH003 DEPART LHR 1200 … [Read more...]

Transareo signs MOU for 4 A380’s… with *700+* Seats

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Yes, you read that right. 700 seats. Transareo - Russia's 2nd largest airline - will be the first Russian airline to take delivery of Four Airbus A380's according to airbus.com Image - Airbus SARL. Transareo will be planning to operate these aircraft on long-haul routes from Moscow, in a 3 cabin layout seating about 700 passengers. Olga Pleshakova, Transaero … [Read more...]

Air France to send an A380 to LA…

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News from over the channel, with Air France preparing to commence an A380 equipment service from Paris Charles De Gaulle (CDG) to Los Angeles International (LAX) from the 28th May 2012 The proposed schedule is : AF066 DEPT CDG 10:30 ARRIVE LAX 13:05 AF065 DEPT LAX 15:50 ARRIVE CDG 11:20+1 Commencement: 28/05/2012, All times local Booked Equipment: Airbus … [Read more...]

LH: Orders more A380’s and other birds…

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It seems whilst it's trying to fix little BMI (or getting shot of it), Lufthansa itself is steaming ahead with more orders today For fans of the A380, Lufthansa is ordering 2 new A380's. In addition, there's a fair old smatter of aircraft Lufthansa are shopping for including: 5 Embraer 195's 4 Airbus A320's 1 Airbus A330-300 The Airbus order is the process of … [Read more...]

CZ: To Take Delivery of it’s first A380

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China Southern will take delivery of it's first Airbus A380 on Friday October 14. To celebrate the occasion, there will be a ceremony at Airbus Headquarters in Toulouse on the 14th. China Southern is planning to operate it's A380 initially on domestic trips, with: Beijing-Guangzhou route from October 18, switching to Beijing-Shanghai route from October 27 The … [Read more...]

SQ: A380 on SINFRAJFK

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As there's not much to do until I get home, I'm going to do some news for a bit. Singapore Airlines have annouced that they will be switching the Singapore to New York JFK route from a Boeing 747 to a Airbus A380, effective 15th January 2012. It is unknown if this will be a a first tranche layout aircraft (with Economy at the back of the upper deck plane) or a second … [Read more...]

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