Airbus A380 news and trivia

A battery-powered drill from LIDL towed an Airbus A380: it's a world record

An Airbus A380 weighs, roughly, more than 300,000 kilograms when empty; a ParkSide drill, on the other hand, weighs only 1.5 kilograms. Someone...

July 12, 2025

2 min by Mattia Porcu - 4 days ago

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Singapore Airlines removes A380 from Frankfurt in early 2026

This news will probably not please more than a few TFC readers. Singapore Airlines has redesigned its...

June 12, 2025

2 min by theflyer - 1 month ago

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Emirates 'confirms' A380 until 2040 (and maybe a new first class will arrive)

Long live the A380; these are the watchwords. At least according to Emirates - the airline with the most doubledecker...

June 7, 2025

2 min by Mattia Porcu - 1 month ago

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Global Airlines, after four flights over the Atlantic more nothing: It's mystery about the future of the airline and its A380

About ten days after the last of four flights operated across the Atlantic during the month of May (first a...

June 5, 2025

2 min by Matteo Legnani - 1 month ago

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Asiana's A380 has landed at Fiumicino. Two giants at the same time for the first time in Rome

Today is a "historic" day at Fiumicino, not only because for the first time the A380 from...

May 29, 2025

2 min by theflyer - 2 months ago

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Global's 'premiere' is a flop: after years of preparation and hype galore, 95 people showed up aboard its 506-seat A380

Ninety-five passengers (yes, 95). After years of preparations, months of announcements and weeks of open bookings, it's hard not to say...

May 15, 2025

1 min by Matteo Legnani - 2 months ago

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And finally Global Airlines puts tickets on sale. You pay a lot, you fly HiFly, and you don't have any information

Spoileralert I decided not to buy a ticket to fly aboard the first flight(s) of Globalairlines,...

April 15, 2025

3 min by theflyer - 3 months ago

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The Boeing 777X like the Airbus A380: it's still on a dry run in the U.S. (though it gains a new customer)

In the now more than decade-long affair of the Boeing 777X, which began with the first orders in 2013-2014 without the plane having yet been delivered to...

March 30, 2025

2 min by Matteo Legnani - 4 months ago

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Global Airlines, after 6 years the first flights. But online there is only a pre-sale and no departure from London

It has been nearly six years since Global Airlines was officially founded on July 13, 2019. The pandemic was supposed to...

March 25, 2025

2 min by Matteo Legnani - 4 months ago

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Global Airlines completes (finally) the painting of its A380. But still no date for flight launch

The Global Airlines saga continues. To this day, the date of the start of flight operations remains unknown: the carrier...

March 18, 2025

1 min by Mattia Porcu - 4 months ago

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Is your dream plane the A380? From Italy and Europe, here's where the Super Jumbo is flying this summer

The Airbus A380, as we have written countless times, is one of the most popular aircraft among aviation enthusiasts all over the...

March 8, 2025

3 min by Mattia Porcu - 4 months ago

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What a surprise!!!! Etihad Airways moves A380 to Toronto: goodbye The Residence from New York

Etihad Airways has announced that its iconic A380 will no longer fly to New York, but will instead be deployed on the...

February 27, 2025

2 min by theflyer - 5 months ago

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Emirates chairman pushes for SuperJumbo revival: will A380neo ever arrive?

We have never hidden our boundless love for the Airbus A380. The double decker is probably the most iconic aircraft -...

February 6, 2025

2 min by Mattia Porcu - 5 months ago

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I did the first madness of 2025: I booked Etihad's The Residence, it's not an armchair it's a three-room apartment

When the covid broke out, way back in 2020, companies alarmed by the (wrong) predictions of analysts and experts had...

February 2, 2025

2 min by theflyer - 5 months ago

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New premium economy on Emirates' A380s grows in Australia, but still no Italy

Emirates has announced that it will offer its new Premium Economy on EK434/435 flights between Dubai and Brisbane three times a...

January 27, 2025

2 min by theflyer - 6 months ago

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