Waiping 12 Report post Posted January 28, 2011 Hey, looks like a trip around the world in all-A380 and all different airlines is now possible. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mohd Yohan 0 Report post Posted February 1, 2011 Hey, looks like a trip around the world in all-A380 and all different airlines is now possible. totally agree....provided that u have enough funds to do that but i see none flying to south America maybe some before the worldcup season Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mohd Azizul Ramli 2 Report post Posted February 1, 2011 but i see none flying to south America maybe some before the worldcup season Actually EK has DXB-GRU already in the line up, just waiting for the right time to launch it. A380 plans for EK: Dubai (DXB) - San Francisco (SFO)San Francisco (SFO) - Dubai (DXB) Dubai (DXB) - São Paulo (GRU) São Paulo (GRU) - Dubai (DXB) Dubai (DXB) - Singapore (SIN) Singapore (SIN) - Dubai (DXB) Dubai (DXB) - Frankfurt (FRA) Frankfurt (FRA) - Dubai (DXB) Dubai (DXB) - Johannesburg (JNB) Johannesburg (JNB) - Dubai (DXB) Dubai (DXB) - Melbourne (MEL) Melbourne (MEL) - Dubai (DXB) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Y C LEONG 1 Report post Posted February 9, 2011 expect some announcement later in the year from QF to operate A380 to HKG. Honestly, no surprise really. Attended the workshop from Airbus 2 weeks ago and they have mentioned HKG will be the future A380 hub followed by LHR. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zamir 0 Report post Posted February 24, 2011 Since there no A380 route to KLIA.I was wonder what the first airline going to use their A380 to KLIA Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
S M Tang 0 Report post Posted February 24, 2011 (edited) Since there no A380 route to KLIA.I was wonder what the first airline going to use their A380 to KLIA I remember reading that EK would be the first. Source: The Star Edited February 24, 2011 by S M Tang Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muhammad Othman 0 Report post Posted February 26, 2011 Seems like they have decided to put the new livery on their new A380? LINK Not a fan of it Twitter:a380_news Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zamir 0 Report post Posted February 26, 2011 (edited) the new livery looks good at smaller aircraft but big aircraft like the A380..........its look terrible Edited February 26, 2011 by Zamir Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ignatius 4 Report post Posted February 26, 2011 MH=Most Horrible livery! <_> Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
andrewljs 0 Report post Posted February 26, 2011 that livery looks cool on a330. but on the a380.. it looks quite awful Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BC Tam 2 Report post Posted February 26, 2011 The more I see it, the more it looks like a Philippine flag draped over the fuselage Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Izhar Z 1 Report post Posted February 26, 2011 Hahaha... Still don't do it for me. Of the three aircraft I've seen this livery on, this is the ugliest by far. Did they not try applying the livery on their current and feature fleets when they designed it (not that there was much designing done). Guess we'll have to endure this horrible livery for the next 20-odd years. ALOL!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flee 5 Report post Posted March 4, 2011 China Southern will become the next new A380 operator soon: http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2011/03/04/353916/china-southerns-first-a380-makes-maiden-flight.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tamizi Hj Tamby 1 Report post Posted March 4, 2011 Goodness Gracious; the MH new livery looks awful on the A380! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fahiruz 0 Report post Posted March 4, 2011 Goodness Gracious; the MH new livery looks awful on the A380! it looks awful on any plane actually Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Raymund Yeoh 1 Report post Posted March 4, 2011 Simply Ugly...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mushrif A 3 Report post Posted March 4, 2011 I wonder if painting (in some colour) the engines could "cure" that awful MH livery (on any aircraft)? It looks too plain, very LCC-ish that now even AK/ D7 looks like a full service legacy carrier. (Trust an accountant-CEO to sign-off on the design!) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Johan Z 0 Report post Posted March 4, 2011 On the real aircraft, I think the red stripe would be extended to the back, close to the tail. The blue stripe could be slimmer and longer as well on the real A380. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KC Sim 2 Report post Posted March 4, 2011 It has been confirmed that the 12th and subsequent A380s that will be delivered to Singapore Airlines will feature an all-Business Class upper deck. An earlier post here mentioned 12 Suites and 311 Economy Class seats on the main deck (this is the same as the first 11 A380s). This is accurate. What is a bit of a mystery is the seat-count on the all-Business Class upper deck. The earlier post mentioned 88 seats ... all I can say is that while this isn't correct, but you are almost right. Delivery of Korean Air's A380 is slated for sometime in late-May but the actual date has not yet been announced. I am planning on a trip to Finkenwerder on 28 & 29 April and all fingers, toes, legs and eyes crossed in the hope that I could photograph some of the A380s moving and flying ... especially the Korean Air aircraft. KC Sim Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mohd Azizul Ramli 2 Report post Posted March 4, 2011 It has been confirmed that the 12th and subsequent A380s that will be delivered to Singapore Airlines will feature an all-Business Class upper deck. An earlier post here mentioned 12 Suites and 311 Economy Class seats on the main deck (this is the same as the first 11 A380s). This is accurate. What is a bit of a mystery is the seat-count on the all-Business Class upper deck. The earlier post mentioned 88 seats ... all I can say is that while this isn't correct, but you are almost right. Oh so you know the actual number! My earlier prediction of 88J seats on the upper deck was made based on some simple calculation plus the number '88' itself, which I think would bring so much luck to an airline with thick superstitious belief like SQ. Since you mentioned that I am almost right, I am inclined to believe that the number is lower due to the fact that SQ may be wanting to become the A380 operator with the least dense seating configuration too, lesser than 407 seats on KE. SQ needs to only reduce 4J seats from my earlier prediction of 88J seats to match the total seat count of KE A380s. And thank you for the correction that the all upper deck J cabin on SQ A380 is going to begin with 9V-SKL, the 12th A380, not 9V-SKM, the 13th A380 as mentioned in my earlier post. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mohd Azizul Ramli 2 Report post Posted March 14, 2011 So that makes our tally to (as of 29 December 2010): SQ - 12R, 60J, 399Y = 471 seats (9V-SKA - 9V-SKK) SQ - *New configuration is to be announced for 12th (9V-SKL) and subsequent A380s, rumoured to be 12R, 88J, 311Y = 411 seats EK - 14F, 76J, 399Y = 489 seats 'Ultra Long Range' EK - 14F, 76J, 427Y = 517 seats 'Long Range' (A6-EDG, ...) QF - 14F, 72J, 32Y+, 332Y = 450 seats AF - 9F, 80J, 449Y = 538 seats LH - 8F, 98J, 420Y = 526 seats KE - 12F, 94J, 301Y = 407 seats MH - 8F, 54J, 26Y+, 420Y = 510 seats CZ, TG, QR? If we notice, MH will have the least J seats on the A380. Others are trying to put as many as 100 seats on the J cabin. QR announced the seat number of its A380 in this article. http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=comm&id=news/avd/2011/03/14/09.xml&headline=Qatar%20Airways%20CEO%20Eyes%20Airline%20Acquisition In other news, the CEO said Qatar Airways’ Airbus A380s, the first of which will be delivered in 2013, will be equipped with “around 517” seats and offer three classes of service. It will be the only model that has a first-class cabin, he said. First class will have eight seats. Al Baker confirmed that he plans to order more A380s but declined to say how many. The airline currently has five A380s on firm order. The article is mainly about QR's possible acquisition of 'a well establish airline'. Rumour has it that it will be VS. So with 517 seats, QR's A380 will be denser than MH's and identical (in number) to EK's configuration of their 'Long Range' A380s which come without the crew bunk area. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mohd Azizul Ramli 2 Report post Posted April 2, 2011 Another new A380 operator announced its cabin configuration. http://airlineroute.net/2011/03/31/cz-380config/ China Southern has released initial information regarding Airbus A380 configuration. The 506-seater A380 is configured in F8C70Y428. First Class, 1-2-1 layout, is located on the lower deck. Business Class, situated on the upper deck, is 1-2-1, similar to current staggered layout used by ANA and ASIANA AIRLINES. Economy Class is configured as 3-4-3, mostly on the main deck, while the upper deck location has 10 rows towards the rear (2-4-2 on Upper deck). The Skyteam member currently schedules the A380 to operate new Beijing – Paris CDG, according to sources from China. Image of the configuration was released initially by a user on Sina Weibo (mostly known as chinese version of twitter). Therefore, here is our seat configuration tally as of 2 April 2011: SQ - 12R, 60J, 399Y = 471 seats (9V-SKA - 9V-SKK) SQ - *New configuration is to be announced for 12th (9V-SKL) and subsequent A380s, rumoured to be 12R, 88J, 311Y = 411 seats EK - 14F, 76J, 399Y = 489 seats 'Ultra Long Range' EK - 14F, 76J, 427Y = 517 seats 'Long Range' (A6-EDG, ...) QF - 14F, 72J, 32Y+, 332Y = 450 seats AF - 9F, 80J, 449Y = 538 seats AF - 9F, 80J, 38Y+, 389Y = 516 seats LH - 8F, 98J, 420Y = 526 seats KE - 12F, 94J, 301Y = 407 seats MH - 8F, 54J, 26Y+, 420Y = 510 seats QR - xF, xJ, xY = 517 seats CZ - 8F, 70J, 428Y = 506 seats . . . On 10 June 2011, Miami will receive its first scheduled A380 flight as LH launches the superjumbo on that route. http://airlineroute.net/2011/03/31/lh-mia-s11/ MIA will be the 5th airport in the US to receive the A380 after JFK, LAX, SFO and IAD. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mohd Azizul Ramli 2 Report post Posted April 2, 2011 Updated map and all current scheduled and future routes which have been announced, amongst all A380 operators in the world (as at 2 April 2011): Singapore Airlines SIN-SYD SIN-LHR SIN-NRT SIN-CDG SIN-HKG SIN-MEL SIN-ZRH SIN-NRT-LAX Emirates DXB-LHR DXB-SYD-AKL DXB-YYZ DXB-ICN DXB-CDG DXB-JED DXB-PEK DXB-MAN DXB-BKK-HKG DXB-JFK DXB-HKG Qantas MEL-LAX SYD-LAX SYD-SIN-LHR MEL-SIN-LHR Air France CDG-JFK CDG-JNB CDG-NRT CDG-YUL CDG-IAD Lufthansa FRA-NRT FRA-PEK FRA-JNB FRA-JFK FRA-SFO FRA-MIA Korean Air ICN-HKG ICN-NRT ICN-BKK ICN-JFK ICN-LAX Looking forward for more dots and lines on the map, which hopefully includes KUL as the point of destination by operator/s other than MH. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BC Tam 2 Report post Posted April 7, 2011 For innovative seats, see this ! Admittedly, not to everyone's taste though Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JuliusWong 0 Report post Posted April 7, 2011 (edited) I can see that all A380s operators have 'specialties' in them....most J class, most narrowest Y class, most va va voom R class, most innovative: bathroom...duty free shops....now if I have the budget to travel every single one of them.... Edited April 7, 2011 by JuliusWong Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
