Abstract
- Whereas the Airbus A380 flew to 64 airports in winter 2019, it has lowered to 56 this coming winter.
- Evaluating the 2 seasons exhibits that six airports have joined the record, however 14 have been misplaced.
- Ten ended by early 2020, whereas 4 returned – however aren’t served this winter.
The Airbus A380 will fly to 56 airports worldwide this fast-approaching aviation northern chilly season (October Twenty ninth-March thirtieth). Nonetheless, it’s down from 64 in 2019, simply earlier than the world briefly modified. Whereas Amman, Bengaluru, Chicago O’Hare, Denpasar Bali, Glasgow, and Istanbul Airport didn’t see the double-decker then, they do now. However 14 airports will not see it this winter.
No A380 flights to those airports
The 14 airports referred to above all noticed the double-decker in winter 2019 however is not going to achieve this within the coming season. However there’s a large distinction between them. Some 10 of them resulted in late 2019 or early 2020, and the A380 has not returned since and isn’t scheduled to take action subsequent summer time.
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In some cases, like Abidjan and Mexico Metropolis, it is because the working airline (Air France) retired the sort. Nonetheless, typically, the incumbent consumer merely switched gear and has expressed no public curiosity in utilizing the A380 to these particular locations once more.
|
Airport |
Common A380 flights* |
Airline(s) |
Feedback |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Abidjan |
Oct 2014-Dec 2019 |
Air France from Paris CDG |
Air France has retired the sort |
|
Barcelona |
Feb 2014-Mar 2020 |
Emirates from Dubai |
Additionally Asiana from Seoul on a handful of events |
|
Copenhagen |
Dec 2015-Mar 2020 |
Emirates from Dubai |
|
|
Medina |
Nov 2016-Mar 2020 |
Emirates from Dubai |
|
|
Mexico Metropolis |
Jan 2016-Mar 2020 |
Air France from Paris CDG |
Air France has retired the sort |
|
Muscat |
Jul 2019-Feb 2020 |
Emirates from Dubai |
|
|
Osaka |
Final common flights in Mar 2020 (see feedback) |
See feedback |
Thai Airways from Bangkok (service retired the sort); Emirates from Dubai; Singapore Airways from guess the place; Asiana from Seoul |
|
Prague |
Might 2016-Mar 2020 |
Emirates from Dubai |
|
|
Riyadh |
Apr 2019-Mar 2020 |
Emirates from Dubai |
|
|
Shenzhen |
Might 2014-Jun 2015, Oct 2019-Feb 2020 |
China Southern from Beijing Capital |
China Southern has retired the sort |
|
* One-offs, and so forth., excluded |
However, these have had the A380 since 2020
In different instances, airways have returned the A380 to the vacation spot for the reason that pandemic’s begin, as summarized beneath. Nonetheless, not one of the 4 will see it this winter, though they did in 2019.
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Extra considerably, solely Boston is presently anticipated to see it subsequent summer time. British Airways will resume its every day summer-seasonal A380 service on March thirty first, 2024, the primary day of the northern summer time season. It’s the identical day that Lufthansa – which first used the double-decker to the airport in June 2023 – will return.
|
Airport |
A380 flights this winter? |
Feedback |
Subsequent summer time?* |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Boston |
No |
Had Emirates Jun 2019-Jan 2020; BA summer time seasonally Mar 2017-Oct 2019, returned Might 2022; Lufthansa summer time seasonally from Munich from Jun 2023 |
BA, Lufthansa |
|
Hamburg |
No |
Emirates Oct 2018-Mar 2020, returned Oct 2021-Oct 2022 |
No |
|
Good |
No |
Emirates Jul-2017-Mar 2020; returned Jun 2023 |
No |
|
Vienna |
No |
Emirates Might 2016-Mar 2020; returned Mar 2021-Jul 2022 |
No |
|
* Deliberate as of Oct sixth |
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Sources of knowledge: OAG, Cirium, Flightradar24.com, Google Flights
