December 2 is literally around the corner and Emirates is supposed to take delivery of its first Rolls-Royce powered A380. But it looks like this might not occur on the date. News out November 18th suggests that Rolls-Royce has not…
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News this week about Singapore Airlines not renewing the lease on its first A380 has caused a flutter. The considered opinion is that this is another piece of bad news for the Airbus program. The Wall Street Journal has this…
During the Farnborough Air Show, Airbus announced a production rate cut for the A380, reducing production to one aircraft per month. This rate cut reflects the waning backlog for the aircraft, which has yet to emerge as a favorite among…
The A380 has recently been described as having a limited future. After the Farnborough show, Airbus cut back production. Then came news that Qantas will not take another eight it has on order. All bad news for the program one…
A German appeals court allowed Etihad to operate most of its code-share flights with Air Berlin for the winter schedule ending in March. The court said Etihad and Air Berlin should be allowed to continue code sharing on 26 international…