Do you dream of traveling on the A380? Emirates aside, here are all the airlines still flying the double-decker giant
There is little to be done: four-engine aircraft are now on the verge of extinction. Boeing 747s and Airbus A380s and [...]
Singapore Airlines
Qatar Airways
Qantas
Lufthansa
Korean Air
Etihad Airways
British Airways
Asiana Airlines
All Nippon Airways (ANA)
There is little to be done: four-wheelers are now on the verge of extinction. Boeing 747s and Airbus A380s and 340s., while increasingly rare, nevertheless continue to be particularly Coveted by av geeks around the world: so much so that many people choose certain airlines (and certain routes) precisely to enjoy a trip to the upper deck of the Jumbo or the double-decker giant (or to see for themselves the special bathrooms located in the 'lower deck' of LH's A340s).
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From the recent survey administered to the subscribers of our Whatsapp channel. it turns out that the plane most loved by Italians is indeed theAirbus A380. But what, then, are the airlines currently employing the super jumbo and on which routes? Emirates aside-which, as is well known, has a fleet consisting only of B777s and A380s, and soon to be Airbus A350s-are 9 carriers that can boast of owning the double-decker giant: it is about ANA (who owns 3 of them), Asiana Airlines (6 in total), British Airways (11), Etihad (5), Korean Air (5), Lufthansa (5), Qantas (7), Qatar Airways (6) e Singapore Airlines (9).
All Nippon Airways' A380s are perhaps the most beautiful, as well as the rarest: beautiful because they have a very distinctive livery (not coincidentally, they are nicknamed "flying turtles") and rare in that they fly only one route: the Tokyo (NRT)-Honolulu. ANA's Super Jumbos are set up in. 4 classes of service: while there are 383 economy class seats (with 3-4-3 layout) in the lower deck, there are 8 first class, 56 business and 73 premium economy seats in the upper deck.
Asiana, on the other hand, flies its double-decker giant from Seoul to Los Angeles, Sydney, Taipei, and Tokyo-Narita; during winter '25, however, it will also be in rotation on routes to Bangkok (until March), Barcelona (between March 2 and 7), and Frankfurt (between November 10 and 15). The A380s are configured in 2 classes of service: 78 business seats (12 of which are 'business suites') and 417 economy class seats.
British Airways flies 380s from its London-Heathrow hub to Dubai, Johannesburg, Los Angeles, Miami, San Francisco, Singapore, and, as of January 1 next year, also to Dallas. 14 first seats, 97 business seats (unfortunately it is the old Club World), 55 premium economy seats and 303 tourist class seats: this is the configuration of BA's Super Jumbo.
Etihad flies its double-deckers from Abu Dhabi to London, Mumbai, New York (JFK), Paris (CDG) and from Feb. 1 to Singapore. EY's A380 configuration is, perhaps, among the most interesting: 417 economy class seats, 70 business class seats and, last but not least, 10 first class seats (one of which is the legendary "The Residence").
Korean Air, on the other hand, is flying its 'double-decker birds' from Seoul to Los Angeles and New York (and between November 1 and 10 also to Taipei Taoyuan). Korean has configured them in 3 classes: first ('Kosmo suites'), business ('Prestige class') and economy.
Together with British, Lufthansa is the only European airline still using the A380 (to the delight of us all). If Frankfurt is the hub of the 747, Munich is the home of the Super Jumbo, with which LH flies to Bangkok, Delhi, Los Angeles and New York (JFK); the cabin layout includes 4 classes, first, business, premium economy and economy.
Australia's flag carrier flies its double-deckers-configured in four classes-from Melbourne and Sydney to Los Angeles and from Sydney to Johannesburg, Singapore, and London.
From its Doha hub, Qatar deploys A380s on routes to Bangkok, London, Perth, Sydney, and as of Nov. 24 also to Paris. We say this now: In QR's Super Jumbos, there is no Q Suite., but rather the 'Super Diamond'; however, on the other hand, there are 8 seats in first class and, of course, 461 seats in tourist class.
Finally, Singapore flies double-deckers from its hub to Delhi, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Shanghai, Sydney, and, on the European side, to Frankfurt and London.
SIA's A380, along with Ethiad's A380, is One of those planes that I plan to try at least once in my life. Why. Configured in 4 classes-first, business, premium economy, and economy-Singapore's Super Jumbo offers what is probably the best first class in the world: no other airline offers so much space to its passengers (which becomes even more if you travel in pairs and lower the center divider).
