deicer Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Emirates to the rescue.... https://www.avgeekery.com/breaking-saving-a380-superjumbo-emirates-airlines-sweeps-16-billion-deal/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deicer Posted January 19, 2018 Author Share Posted January 19, 2018 Oops, didn't see Malcom's post below...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conehead Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Welcome to the big league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deicer Posted January 19, 2018 Author Share Posted January 19, 2018 44 minutes ago, conehead said: Welcome to the big league. So is this where I have to pronounce I am offended and look for reparations??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Airbus Is in Talks With British Airways on More A380s By Benjamin D Katz @_benkatzMore stories by Benjamin D Katz January 19, 2018 9:26 AMUpdated on January 19, 2018 10:47 AM U.K. carrier had earlier looked at taking used superjumbos Interest comes after program-saving order from Emirates https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-19/airbus-is-said-to-be-in-talks-with-british-airways-on-more-a380s Airbus COO Leahy Sees Emirates Deal Done by Feb. 15 Airbus SE is in talks to sell new A380 superjumbo planes toBritish Airways this year after securing a program-saving deal from Persian Gulf operator Emirates, according to people familiar with the matter. The U.K. carrier, which currently has 12 A380s in its fleet, had said in the past that it was looking for six to seven second-hand A380s. Now it’s considering taking a larger number of new ones, said the people, who asked not to be named because the discussions are private. Airbus’s outgoing head of sales, John Leahy, said on Bloomberg Television Friday he was confident the European planemaker would secure one more A380 order this year. That customer is British Airways, the people said. Airbus, based in Toulouse, France, and BA parent IAG SA declined to comment. British Airways is interested in the superjumbo because of the jet’s ability to maximize the number of passengers per flight at its London Heathrow hub, which is running close to capacity limits. The carrier’s main focus is on North Atlantic routes that are among the world’s busiest long-haul services, and it ranks as the No. 1 operator of Boeing Co.’s 747 jumbo, the second-biggest passenger plane after the A380. BA is examining a deal for new planes after concluding that refurbishing used examples of the Airbus behemoth for its own needs would be too expensive, one of the people said. The carrier’s superjumbos are fitted out in a four-class configuration featuring 469 seats, according to its website. Order Drought IAG Chief Executive Officer Willie Walsh has been mulling the business case for second-hand A380s for as least two years, with planes becoming available as the oldest ones come off lease from Singapore Airlines Ltd. after a decade of service. Walsh also ran the rule over six younger aircraft deemed surplus to requirements atMalaysia Airlines Bhd. An order for new double-deckers from IAG would help vindicate Airbus’s efforts to save the A380, which Leahy said Monday might be scrapped after failing to attract a buyer for more than two years. That was before Dubai-based Emirates announced its deal for as many as 36 planes worth $16 billion. While Airbus says that order will keep the A380 production line going for more than a decade, it’s still looking at slashing build rates to just six annually from 12 this year. Follow-on orders from carriers such as British Airways are therefore still vital in lifting the annual tally to a level where the manufacturer can break even on each Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Recycled A380s will likely end up with 700+ seats Airbus superjumbo finds new life on Malaysia Airlines pilgrim trips A Malaysia Airlines Airbus A380-841 passes over homes in Waye Avenue as it comes into land at Heathrow Airport, London, Britain, on Jan 10, 2018. PHOTO: REUTERS PUBLISHED 11 HOURS AGO FACEBOOK4TWITTEREMAIL LONDON (BLOOMBERG) - Malaysia Airlines Bhd's Airbus SE A380s are flying full on trial services taking Muslim pilgrims to Saudi Arabia, prompting the carrier to say it will establish the operation as a new division as early as the end of this year. The South-east Asian company has been using two of its six A380s to transport people headed to Mecca for the year-round umrah pilgrimage since November, chief executive officer Izham Ismail said in an interview. The planes will ultimately be used for the annual haj gathering, one of the world's biggest travel events. "I felt we needed to go to market fast," said Mr Izham, who inherited the proposal when he took over as CEO two months ago. "We've been flying these charters daily to Jeddah or Medina and we fill them up every day." Airbus, which broke a two-year sales drought with the A380 last week, is keen to see the Malaysia plan succeed as it pitches the model for new markets, and has agreed to convert the jets to as many as 700 seats from 498. Mr Ismail said that would have to wait until 2020, when the A380s will be out of service for maintenance, and that the current density may in any case be sufficient. "The passengers who go to the umrah and haj are often elderly, so we can't cram them into a tin can," he said in London. "We can keep the current configuration and offer a product that's superior to the current haj product. It's a captive market, so we can move the pricing up a little bit." While flying to Saudi Arabia from Kuala Lumpur, the A380s have already carried groups originating in Indonesia, China and Bangladesh, as well as Malaysia, booked via a network of travel agents. Fares will still be lower than for a normal commercial ticket, though there's an appetite for business-class perks among some pilgrims that the current layout could address, Mr Ismail said. The project, a brainchild of Mr Ismail's predecessor Peter Bellew, has been named Amal, meaning "hope" in Arabic. About one million people from the Asia-Pacific region make the trip to Mecca each year, with Malaysia Airlines typically carrying around 40,000. The carrier has already secured 175 flights for this year's haj, which takes place in Aug, compared with 120 in 2017, supported by prepaid bookings, the CEO said. The trial flights are operating under Malaysia Airlines' own licence but should be established as a standalone charter brand in the fourth quarter or early in 2019, he said. The operation will probably use four of the carrier's A380s, supplemented by smaller Airbus A330 twin-aisle models, though Mr Bellew had estimated the market might ultimately support 20 superjumbos, including jets offloaded by other carriers. Malaysian Airlines views the A380s as too big for its scheduled flights and is replacing them with new Airbus A350 wide-bodies on routes to London and Tokyo. British Airways looked at taking over the superjumbos to expand its own fleet of the planes, but is now pursuing an order for new examples, people with knowledge of the plan said Friday (Jan 19). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Powick Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 A-380 to be superseded by A-380-Plus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.O. Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 3 hours ago, Kip Powick said: A-380 to be superseded by A-380-Plus And here I was, thinking you couldn't make that thing any uglier ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thor Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 It needs more wheels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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