Qantas' Airbus A380s are back in the air, first flight to Los Angeles takes off
Today, January 11, after 21 months of hibernation in the desert, Qantas' first Airbus A380 took off for a [...]
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Today, Jan. 11, after 21 months of hibernation in the desert, Qantas' first Airbus A380 has taken off for a commercial flight bound for Los Angeles. Flight QA11 As usual it will travel through time and will land five hours before takeoff time in California.
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Three months ahead of the originally scheduled date, Qantas has reactivated the giant of the skies to replace the Boeing 787/9 that connected the two sides of the Pacific until yesterday. The one in the air is a plane with special passengers on board, as almost all of the travelers are Australian frequent flyers who Have used points from the company's loyalty program To reserve a ticket.
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The year 2022 thus begins with confirmation that the Airbus-built giant is not destined to disappear entirely as it seemed at the outbreak of the pandemic. The amazing thing is that, to date, all the companies that had not yet decided on the future of the iconic double-decker aircraft Have brought the A380s back into the air.. The latest to announce the return of the largest passenger plane ever built was Etihad surprised everyone with the announcement in recent weeks.
659 days after its last flight, Qantas' flying kangaroo is back in the Pacific skies. Of the 12 A380s in the fleet, only five will return to active service this year, barring any surprises. Returning to fly will be the planes that shortly before the pandemic had received installation of the new cabin of both economy and business class.
In recent weeks Qantas also announced the second European route, in addition to London, planned for thesummer 2022. The connection from Sydney to Rome Fiumicino, with a technical stopover in Perth, will unfortunately not be operated with this model, but with the smaller Dreamliner. A return to a direct link between the two nations that has been missing from the 1980s when, on the same route, Alitalia connected with its 747/200 Rome with kangaroo land.
Now you just have to wait for the continent's borders reopen To welcome Italian tourists.