kronus
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Post by kronus on Nov 23, 2022 15:52:05 GMT 1
Only 115 ek a380 will be in service in 2024 (not 119 as earlier planned):
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vhaq
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Post by vhaq on Nov 23, 2022 20:26:10 GMT 1
119 was the number projected in 2022-23. Things did not turn out that way, as not even 100 jets are back this year. Lease will expire on some older samples as time goes on and they'll be out, sadly.
Edit: Funny how he lamented about Airbus stop producing the A380, yet he doesn't keep some longer. If he really need them like how he lamented, keeping some longer would make sense to him.
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vhaq
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Post by vhaq on Nov 29, 2022 20:56:02 GMT 1
www.aerotime.aero/articles/32785-emirates-tim-clark-future-a380-operation-interviewAn extract from the article "Spaeth: Has your quest to get any manufacturer, especially Airbus, to come up with an A380-size replacement largely fell on deaf ears? Clark: My view is that the A380 could be rebuilt using the solutions we now have both in construction and design, aerodynamics, propulsion, application of composites to the extent that you could get 25% better [overall efficiency - ed. note] than today with the existing A380s. Airbus agrees, but they say: “You put 50% of the development costs up”. I said: “I am an airline, you are the manufacturer, you get on with it. Or you give me 50% so I can run my airline.” The A380 uses propulsion that was designed in the 1990s for the 1990s and the early part of the last decade. So, propulsion has gone a long way with more coming. The Ultra Fan, for example. There is a possibility that you get a hugely efficient big player in engines at the top of the inventory requirements of airlines. It is not difficult to calculate what is happening by the mid-2030s, early 2040s if you do not do something, with all the quads gone - the A380s, A340-600s and Boeing 747s. That is why we keep the A380s as long as we can, as there is no other way we can go. But as demand skyrockets and there are no such big aircraft anymore, capacity will fall, fares will rise."
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Post by addasih on Dec 14, 2022 5:26:18 GMT 1
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zrhmd11
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Post by zrhmd11 on Jan 15, 2023 11:08:18 GMT 1
A6-EDU is back to service after many months parked / stored.
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A6-EOA
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Post by A6-EOA on Feb 8, 2023 18:45:08 GMT 1
A6-EDQ is now back in service following its repairs at TLS, A6-EDS next in. Seems to me as if EDV has been grounded for the same reason, and could explain why EDM, EDK or EDO haven’t re-entered service yet despite now being at DXB
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air971
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Post by air971 on Mar 17, 2023 18:16:44 GMT 1
Emirates unveils first livery refresh in 14 years
Emirates unveiled its revised livery this week, showing off renderings on social media. The first actual aircraft to wear the new livery is A380 A6-EOE.
(From FlightRadar24 17/03/2023 Newsletter)
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A6-EOA
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Post by A6-EOA on Mar 22, 2023 13:40:59 GMT 1
A6-EDM currently undergoing a test flight as EK2646. Looks as though it’ll be the next A380 to return to service
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air971
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Post by air971 on Mar 24, 2023 18:08:21 GMT 1
Emirates unveils first livery refresh in 14 years
Emirates unveiled its revised livery this week, showing off renderings on social media. The first actual aircraft to wear the new livery is A380 A6-EOE.
(From FlightRadar24 17/03/2023 Newsletter)
And here is the real thing
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Post by a380fanclub on Mar 26, 2023 21:37:45 GMT 1
The Emirates A380 is back in Glasgow after a 3-years absence. EOU did the first service on March 26:
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