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Airbus Delivers 6000th Aircraft

Published by Michael January 18th, 2010 in Airbus, A380, Aviation News and Orders & Deliveries. 0 Comments

Airbus today celebrated the delivery of the 6,000th aircraft in the airframe manufacturer’s 40 year history. The aircraft, an A380 (MSN025), was handed over to Emirates Airline in a ceremony in Hamburg. The aircraft is Emirates’ eighth A380.

6000th Airbus Aircraft - 25th Airbus A380

Accepting delivery of the new aircraft, Adel Al Redha, Executive Vice President, Emirates’ Engineering and Operations, said: “The A380 represents the future of air travel and our strength and determination to drive forward, alongside Airbus, to meet our ambitious expansion plans and traffic demand. If a powerful demonstration of the resilience of the aviation industry was required, today has provided that. All who have flown the A380 will realise that this is a very special aircraft, embracing the latest in passenger comfort, technology and environmental credentials.”

“Today’s delivery is our 25th A380 so far, and more importantly, the 6,000th Airbus produced in our 40 year history. It is particularly significant that it is both an A380 and for Emirates, as they were involved in its development from early on. We are proud to have the words’ Airbus 6,000th Aircraft’ inscribed alongside the Emirates livery,” said Tom Enders, Airbus CEO.

With a total order for 58 aircraft, Emirates is the single largest customer for the A380. Established in 1985, Emirates became an Airbus operator from the outset. Today, Emirates’ Airbus fleet has grown to 55 aircraft with a further 121 on order.

Airbus delivered its first customer aircraft in May 1974 - an A300B2
The 1,000th aircraft was delivered in March 1993 - an A340-300
The 2,000th was delivered in May 1999 - an A340-300
The 3,000th was delivered in July 2002 - an A320
The 4,000th was delivered in September 2005 - an A330-300
The 5,000th was delivered in December 2007 - an A330-200

Airbus was formed in 1969, and by 2005 had reached more than 50 per cent of worldwide deliveries in a single year, of all aircraft of more than 100 seats. It also took Airbus some 30 years after its initial creation to bypassBoeing in terms of sales and remain at around half the market share.

Source: Airbus
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Video - First Air France A380 Arrives at Paris

Published by Michael October 31st, 2009 in Airbus, A380 and Videos. 5 Comments

Yesterday the first Airbus A380 was handed over to Air France. The French carrier is the first European airline to fly the “whale jet” on scheduled services. The aircraft - MSN0033 / F-HPJA - is the twentieth A380 delivered by Airbus. 10 A380s are already flying with Singapore, five with Emirates and four with Qantas.

Video of the arrival at Paris CDG

First A380 Delivery to Air France

Published by Michael October 29th, 2009 in Airbus, A380, Aviation News and Orders & Deliveries. 0 Comments

Tomorrow Friday 30 October 2009, the first Airbus A380 will be delivered to Air France (MSN0033 / F-HPJA). Air France will be the first European airline receiving an A380. The ceremony will be held at Airbus’ delivery centre Hamburg (Germany).

First Air France Airbus A380

The delivery ceremony will be streamed live on http://www.a380delivery.com/airfrance
Live video streaming is scheduled to begin at 11:00 a.m. French time (10:00 a.m. GMT).

Photo: Air France

Video - A380 Arrives at Oshkosh

Published by Michael July 29th, 2009 in Airbus, A380, Videos and Airshows. 1 Comment

With a kind of hard crosswind landing, Airbus A380 F-WWDD MSN004 arrived at Oshkosh Air Venture 2009 yesterday. This is the first time that an A380 attends to an North American Air Show.
In addition to flight demonstrations and presentations by Airbus officials and flight crew, self-guided tours of the A380’s interior will be allowed for the first time. Attendees will have the opportunity to walk through the aircraft’s main deck and full-length upper deck.

Video: A380 Hard Landing at Oshkosh (Wittman Regional Airport KOSH) Runway 36

Video Part 1: A380 arriving at Oshkosh Air Venture 2009

Video Part 2: A380 arriving at Oshkosh Air Venture 2009

Korean Air orders more A380s

Published by Michael February 3rd, 2009 in Airbus, A380 and Orders & Deliveries. 1 Comment

Korean Air has placed firm orders with Airbus for two more A380 aircraft. This latest purchase agreement brings the total number of A380s ordered by Korean Air to 10 aircraft. The carrier will operate the aircraft in a three-class layout on routes linking Seoul to destinations in North America and Europe, including Los Angeles, New York and Paris.

“Our decision to purchase the A380 aircraft is in line with our vision to become a global leading carrier providing the best quality of service to our passengers,” said Yang Ho Cho, Chairman and CEO of Korean Air. “The A380 is a comfortable, environment-friendly aircraft for the 21st century and it will enable Korean Air to provide Excellence in Flight to our customers.”

Total orders for the aircraft now stand at 200 from 16 customers.

Source: Airbus
Image: Airbus

Airbus delivers 12th A380 in 2008

Published by Michael December 31st, 2008 in Airbus, A380 and Orders & Deliveries. 0 Comments

Airbus yesterday reached its target of delivering 12 A380 aircraft in 2008, bringing the total number of A380s delivered to date to 13.

The first A380 was delivered to Singapore Airlines on 15th October 2007, with five more delivered to the airline in 2008. Qantas received three A380s in 2008, and Emirates four - the most recent of which was delivered on the 30th December 2008 from the Airbus delivery centre in Hamburg, Germany.

“We have met our 2008 delivery schedule”, said Tom Enders, Airbus President and Chief Executive Officer. “That was only possible thanks to a tremendous team effort. This gives us a good basis to further ramp up our production in 2009. With the in-service fleet steadily growing, our airline customers are benefiting from lower operating costs while their passengers are benefiting from unequalled cabin comfort and quietness. The environment is benefiting too. With lower emissions and noise, the A380 is the most eco-efficient aircraft in service today.”

The in-service A380 fleet has flown more than 21,000 revenue flight hours in more than 2200 commercial flights carrying more than 890,000 passengers. The world’s first full double-deck aircraft is now connecting four continents and flying on seven major international routes. A380s in service link Singapore with Sydney, London and Tokyo, Dubai with New York and London, and Sydney and Melbourne with Los Angeles.

Being greener, cleaner, quieter and smarter, the A380 is setting new standards for air transport and the environment. In addition to the quiet and spacious double-deck cabin, the A380 is also setting new industry-standards for the environment. The in-service experience has shown that the A380 consumes 20 percent less fuel per seat than the previous largest aircraft, representing the lowest fuel burn of any large aircraft ever.

Orders for the aircraft stand at 198 from 16 customers. In 2009 Airbus plans to deliver 21 A380s.

Source: Airbus
Photo: Airbus

Wallpaper - Airbus A380 Nose

Published by Michael October 25th, 2008 in Airbus, A380, Photos and Miscellaneous. 0 Comments

Always staring at the same desktop wallpaper gets pretty boring over time. I decided to create a desktop wallpaper from one of my own A380 photos. If you like it, you can download this wallpaper below.

To fit anybody’s needs I made it available in many different sizes. Just choose the right file, depending on your screen resolution.

Widescreen 16:10
Includes: 1280×800, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1200, 2560×1600
[Download]

Fullscreen 4:3 & 5:4
Includes: 800×600, 1024×768, 1280×960, 1280×1024, 1400×1050, 1600×1200, 2048×1536
[Download]

HDTV 16:9
Includes: 720p, 1080p
[Download]

Mobile
Includes: 800×480, 320×240 (Cellphone), 320×480 (Apple iPhone), 480×272 (Sony PSP)
[Download]

First Airbus A380 delivered to Qantas

Published by Michael September 19th, 2008 in Airbus, A380, Aviation News and Orders & Deliveries. 0 Comments

Australia’s flagship airline, Qantas, has received the first of 20 Airbus A380s on order, at a ceremony in Toulouse, France. The Rolls-Royce powered aircraft was handed over to Qantas Chief Executive Officer, Geoff Dixon and Qantas CEO-Designate, Alan Joyce by Tom Enders, Airbus President and CEO and John Leahy, Airbus Chief Operating Officer Customers.

First Qantas Airbus A380

Photos and videos at http://www.a380delivery.com/qantas/

The aircraft - VH-OQA / MSN014 - is named in honour of “Nancy Bird Walton“, an female Australien aviation pioneer.

Qantas’ A380 cabin was created by internationally renowned designer Marc Newson. Typically the A380 seats 525 passengers in three-classes, however Qantas’ cabin is extra spacious with 450 seats (14 First, 72 Business, 32 Premium Economy and 332 Economy) (seat plan).

Qantas’ A380 will stop-over in Singapore before arriving in Sydney on September 21st at 9:00am local time. Qantas’ first commercial A380 services will be launched on October 20th from Melbourne to Los Angeles, and on October 24th from Sydney to Los Angeles. Later Qantas will also fly the A380 to Singapore and London.

Source: Airbus

Emirates A380 Grounded till Sept 12

Published by Michael September 8th, 2008 in Airbus, A380 and Aviation News. 0 Comments

Emirates has suspended operations of its Airbus A380 airliner until September 12 as engineers work on an electrical fault, the airline announced today.

The electrical fault on the Emirates plane “was noticed at the end of a training mission, when the aircraft was parked in front of the hangars,” said an official at the Dubai-based airline, providing no further details.

The route to New York JFK will be served meanwhile with Boeing 777-300ER.

Continue at http://www.arabianbusiness.com/530285-emirates-a380-flights-suspended-until-sept-12

Emirates A380 touched down at New York JFK

Published by Michael August 2nd, 2008 in Airbus and A380. 2 Comments

Yesterday afternoon Emirates Airbus A380-800 (A6-EDA MSN 011), flight EK3801, has made its first commercial landing in the US at New York John F. Kennedy International Airport.

Don’t miss some great photos at the nycaviation.com forum:
http://nycaviation.com/forum/post-your-photos-emirates-a380-arrives-at-jfk-t12973.html

Unfortunately till now there’re no videos on YouTube. I’ll edit this posting as soon as some videos arrive.

You can find a video of the landing at the WNBC website:
http://video.wnbc.com/player/?id=282105#videoid=282105

Listening to JFK Tower was kinda funny
Tower: EK 3801 “Super Heavy” - cleared to Land
Chopper 4: Super Heavy? Super?
Tower: Yeah Super
Chopper 4: Wow