Qantas will have to wait until December for the delivery of its next two Airbus A380s, after encountering flight stability problems with one of the superjumbos, which had been expected to start flying on the US route next month. The airline confirmed the 450-seat jet would need to undergo further tests at the Airbus factory [...]
Read full post...Singapore Airlines has completed its 1,000th commercial service with the A380, the world’s largest civil aircraft. The flight, operating as SQ 322, arrived at London Heathrow at 06.00 this morning following a non-stop scheduled service from Singapore. Since the first aircraft entered service with Singapore Airlines on 25 October 2007, the carrier’s A380 fleet has [...]
Read full post...United Airlines potrebbe annullare l’ordine di 42 velivoli Airbus. E’ quanto emerge da un documento pubblicato dalla Sec, nel quale United spiega che probabilmente sara’ costretta a rinunciare agli apparecchi. L’ammontare della commessa per 42 velivoli A319 e A320 e’ pari a 91 milioni di dollari. United Airlines ha chiuso il secondo trimestre con una [...]
Read full post...Qantas has threatened Los Angeles Airport that it will move its flagship Airbus A380 services to San Francisco unless Los Angeles upgrades its facilities. The calls come just weeks before the inaugural Airbus flight is due to fly from Melbourne to Los Angeles on October 20. But a Los Angeles Airport spokeswoman described Qantas’s demands [...]
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