Airbus A380 news

[OO-ITR]

Star Alliance member carrier Thai Airways will have the delivery ceremony for its first A380 in Toulouse, France tomorrow, 27 September at 11:00. The event will be streamed live: http://on.fb.me/QTDdQp.

Or here : http://www.a380delivery.com/thai-airways/

I wonder why they put a pic of the Brussels Grand Place for their flight to Paris in scheduled A380 flights

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Airbus A380 wins prestigious UK award

Noise Abatement Society award recognises Airbus A380 for reduced noise.


The UK’s national noise reduction charity, the Noise Abatement Society, presented the Airbus A380 a top award at their annual award ceremony last night recognising the aircraft’s reduced noise around airport communities.



There will be 10 daily A380 flights to Heathrow by the end of the year, which has the strictest noise regulations of any airport worldwide and is the benchmark on which noise measurement for aircraft is based.

At a special event held at the House of Commons in London, the Society presented Airbus with the John Connell Silent Approach Award for the A380 and its innovations in quiet technology.

Presented by Sir Bob Russell MP, the award recognises local authorities, industry, organisations and individuals judged to have been outstanding in their efforts to reduce the impact of noise nuisance or seeking to pioneer practical and innovative solutions to noise pollution and the enhancement and management of the soundscape.

Lisa Lavia, Managing Director of the Noise Abatement Society said: “The NAS was immensely impressed with the reduced external noise emissions of the A380 compared to typical equivalent aircraft and with its quiet and peaceful interior acoustics. This proves that with commitment and engineering excellence noise pollution need not be the inevitable by-product of progress. And that traditionally noisy operations and equipment can be made quieter for the benefit of all.”

John Roberts, Airbus in the UK A380 Chief Engineer said: "We are immensely proud to have received this award which recognises the tremendous work done by Airbus and our key stakeholders. The reduction in the environmental impacts of our aircraft is the result of constant investment and commitment over many years. Our industry is committed to greener aviation and in the last 50 years the aviation industry has cut noise by 75%.

He added: “The A380 has been in service with airlines for over five years and is the quietest long-haul aircraft for the foreseeable future - generating only half the noise on departure of some other large long haul aircraft and up to four times less noise on landing whilst carrying 40% more passengers. The A380 is also recognized as having made a step change in passenger comfort by the huge reduction of noise levels within the cabin, making long haul flying a more enjoyable experience."

Typically seating 525 passengers in three classes, the aircraft is capable of flying 8,500 nautical miles or 15,700 kilometres non-stop, carrying more people at lower cost and with less impact on the environment. The spacious, quiet cabin and smooth ride have made the A380 a firm favourite with passengers, resulting in higher load factors wherever it flies. To date, Airbus has recorded 257 firm orders for the A380 from 20 customers.

The A380 fleet undertakes 120 commercial flights each day (takes off or lands approximately every 6 min) and carries 1.25 million passengers each month. To date over 29 million passengers have flown on the A380 fleet which has grown to 89 today.

For more information on the Noise Abatement Society visit www.noiseabatementsociety.com

7 November 2012 Press Release

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Airbus has delivered Emirates their 27th A380, meaning that there have now been 90 A380s delivered in total to date.

[DannyVDB]

Fantastic airplane.
Will fly to San Francisco with LH with the A380 in December.
Already flew the A380 to Singapore (also with LH) in July, one way in business, return flight in economy.
Fantastic aircraft and service ...

Danny

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HNA may cancel order for 10 A380 aircraft

HNA Group, China's fourth-largest aviation group, is in talks with Airbus and may cancel its order for 10 A380 aircraft with a total list price of $3.8 billion due to weak market conditions, chairman Chen Feng said on Friday.

Industry sources said the A380s were earmarked for Hong Kong Airlines, a unit of the HNA Group, which also owns Hainan Airlines.

Chen said the A380s were ordered when the market was good and now the group had to consider the potential for a prolonged period of global economic weakness.

HNA, which bought a 48 percent stake in France's second-largest airline Aigle Azur last month, was in talks with Airbus over the A380 order and would announce the results later, he said.

Hong Kong's aviation regulator halted the expansion of Hong Kong Airlines earlier this year following complaints about its service standards and casting doubts about the carrier's new plane orders.

More from Reuters

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The first British Airways Airbus A380, G-XLEA, made its maiden flight from Toulouse on 09 November 2012


Picture Hireen Ravrani (British Airways)

Note the registration starting with XL

In other news, Airbus delivered a record five of its A380 jets in October as it struggles to meet a full-year target of handing over 30 of its flagship aircraft. Deliveries had been delayed by a problem of micro-cracks in the wings.

[luchtzak]

The first British Airways Airbus A380, G-XLEA, made its maiden flight from Toulouse on 09 November 2012


Picture Hireen Ravrani (British Airways)

:thumbup:

[andorra-airport]

British Airways has revealed details about their A380 configurations, while confirming that the first one will be delivered in July next year (MSN095–currently being outfitted in XFW), and announcing that the second one will be delivered in August (MSN121–currently in Final Assembly in TLS), and the third one in October (MSN124–currently in Body Join in TLS).

Configuration as follows:

14 First Class seats (main deck),

97 Club World seats:
44 seats on the main deck in a 2:4:2 configuration
53 seats on the upper deck in a 2:3:2 configuration

55 World Traveller Plus seats in a 2:3:2 configuration (upper deck)

303 World Traveller seats:
199 seats in a 3:4:3 configuration (main deck)
104 seats in a 2:4:2 configuration (upper deck)

Total seats on British Airways A380s will be 469 seats, this is the third lowest density after Korean Air (407) and Singapore Airlines second configuration (409).

http://a380production.com/

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In the latest press statement, Korean Air confirms its plan to operate an A380 aircraft on the Seoul Incheon - Atlanta route from August 2013.

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British Airways is due to receive first A380 in July. London Heathrow - Los Angeles (the so-called "Red Carpet route") will be the inaugural scheduled route with flights from 15OCT13, soon to be followed by London Heathrow - Hong Kong on 15NOV13.

BA has opened a special webpage for its future A380 flights:

http://www.britishairways.com/en/inform ... irbus-a380

[cathay belgium]

Hi,

Seems we can getting ready soon to book some intra european flights
After AF, a new change for cheap A380 flying,as I missed the AF ones

CxB

[OO-ITR]

Hi,

Seems we can getting ready soon to book some intra european flights
After AF, a new change for cheap A380 flying,as I missed the AF ones

CxB

let's hope to BRU also like LOT did with the B787
But I guess that BRU is too close to LHR...

[cathay belgium]

Hmm.. Bru is as far as CDG
but guess not,as BRU isn't that OW..
Guess Berlin,Madrid,Manchester,Barcelona ..

CXB

[quixoticguide]

I guess FRA and MAD.

[jumpjet]

There was a report on another airline website that BA have entered into an arrangement with Oslo to send the A380 there for some test flights.

[sn26567]

Airbus is reaching another exciting milestone with the A380: they’ll be delivering the 100th A380 on Thursday (tomorrow)! Do you know who the operator is?

[OO-JFP]

From a recent topic on A.net:

Airbus is set to deliver the 100th A380 to MH next month. The lucky bird will be MSN114 / 9M-MNF

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Malaysia ... 2237696/M/

OO-JFP

[sn26567]

Indeed: The 100th A380 means that MAS now operates 6 A380s in its fleet!



And still no A380 in the fleet of a US carrier. But Leahy said he hopes to have a US customer before the end of the year.

[RoMax]

And still no A380 in the fleet of a US carrier. But Leahy said he hopes to have a US customer before the end of the year.

Would that be United? Of the big US carriers, I only remember United said they are evaluating the 777(X), 748i and A380.

[cnc]

And still no A380 in the fleet of a US carrier. But Leahy said he hopes to have a US customer before the end of the year.

Would that be United? Of the big US carriers, I only remember United said they are evaluating the 777(X), 748i and A380.

no the audit for the A380 came back negative.
my guess is DL even though i can't believe any US airline would order an A380 in the next 5 years