Tags: A380

AirFrance Retires First Airbus A380 Super-Jumbo

Following last year’s announcement that just 12 years after it entered commercial service Airbus would end production of its flagship super-jumbo, AirFrance retired it’s first A380 to Ireland West Airport in Knock.  With a capacity for 868 passengers, the Airbus A380 has become an iconic 21st century aircraft. Airbus said it had made the “painful” […]

ANA to Receive Third ‘FLYING HONU’ A380 from Airbus

•Addition of new aircraft will allow for ANA to service all flights on the Tokyo Narita-Honolulu route with its customized Airbus A380s. •”Double Daily” service is scheduled to begin on July 1 upon the reception of ANA’s third A380 from Airbus. All Nippon Airways (ANA), Japan’s largest and 5-Star airline for seven consecutive years, will […]

Hi Fly A380 at the Paris Air Show

Tomorrow through Sunday, Hi Fly A380 will make an appearance at Paris Air Show 19, showing its performance capabilities in three jaw dropping flying displays. The 53rd  Show is taking place at the Le Bourget Parc des Expositions from 17 to 23 June 2019, and once again is bringing together all the players in this global […]

Cricket World Cup Begins as Emirates ICC Themed A380 Soars

The ICC Cricket World Cup began today and did you know that the Emirates ICC – International Cricket Council Cricket World Cup 2019-themed A380 has visited 19 cities in 2 months. Emirates is the tournament’s official airline. Former India cricketer and ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2011 winner, Virender Sehwag, and Emirates sponsored Lancashire team […]

Emirates completes installation of Expo 2020 Dubai livery on 40 aircraft

Emirates has completed the installation of bespoke Expo 2020 Dubai liveries on 40 aircraft, with its final A380 aircraft emblazoned in the distinctive orange ‘opportunity’ decal rolling out of the Emirates Engineering hangar. The first decal was unveiled in 2017 on an Emirates Boeing 777-300ER aircraft decorated in the blue ‘mobility’ decal. Since then, Emirates’ […]

First ANA A380 rolls-out of Airbus Paintshop with unique livery

The first A380 for All Nippon Airways (ANA) has rolled out of the Airbus paint shop in Hamburg, Germany, bearing the airline’s distinctive and unique Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle livery. ANA has firm orders for three A380s, becoming the first customer for the superjumbo in Japan. The airline will take delivery of the first A380 […]

First ANA Airbus A380 takes to the skies

The first A380 for All Nippon Airways (ANA) took to the skies yesterday, completing a maiden flight from the Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Toulouse, France to the Airbus site in Hamburg, Germany. The aircraft is now being prepared for cabin installation and painting in the airline’s special A380 livery. ANA HOLDINGS INC. placed a […]