Bloomberg has a very interesting article on the emerging second hand market for A380s. While there was some buzz about aircraft that Emirates was going to offload in 2016 and replace with newer models, the five A380s coming off lease…
There seems to be some light between the vision by Airbus CEO Fabrice Bregier and sales chief John Leahy. Whereas Mr Leahy opined at the Dubai air show the A380neo is inevitable and suggested a timeline around 2022 or 2023. …
Emirates took delivery of their latest A380, A6-EOP, and will be putting it to work from December 1st. This aircraft has 615 seats, 20% more than is typical for the A380. The high density configuration will be deployed to Bangkok,…
Emirates Airlines has developed special liveries for two of its A380 aircraft in support of the Kingdom for Wildlife. This is aimed at raising awareness of the illegal trade in wild species and to communicate the need for urgent action.…
There is some intriguing news out of Japan today. ANA seems to have won the battle for Skymark with Airbus’ help. This gives ANA a very strong hand at Haneda. Intrepid, which had backed Delta for a Skymark plan, offered…
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