I recently spotted special markings on both nose gear doors of F-WWDD (Airbus A380-841 – MSN 004). On the left door Singapore Airlines A380 pioneer pilots have left their signatures, the right door has been signed by Qantas A380 pilots. Some of the Qantas signatures are marked with dates “3/5/08” and “15/5/08”.
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Airbus has published several nice videos from ILA 2008 Berlin Air Show. The videos feature the opening ceremony and highlights from press conferences as well as A380 flight display. If you like Airbus and the A380, you should definitely check out these videos.
Some photos of the Qantas A380 cabin has been unveiled. Their first A380 recently finished a cabin outfitting in Hamburg (Germany)
Photos:
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/gallery/0,22010,5031631-5006020-3,00.html (click on “next” for more)
First Class
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/gallery/0,22010,5031631-5006020-3,00.html
Business Class
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/gallery/0,22010,5031631-5006020-4,00.html
Economy Class
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/gallery/0,22010,5031631-5006020-5,00.html
The cabin also features a self-service beverage and food bar for economy passengers
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/gallery/0,22010,5031631-5006020-6,00.html
The design was done by Australian designer Marc Newson.
Are they serious with that? The green Y class looks like retro 60s/70s style.
More photos from a 2007 presentation:
First Class
http://www.samchuiphotos.com/QFnew/DSC_5330.jpg
http://www.samchuiphotos.com/QFnew/DSC_5327.jpg
Business Class
http://www.samchuiphotos.com/QFnew/DSC_5331.jpg
http://www.samchuiphotos.com/QFnew/DSC_5323.jpg
Premium Economy Class
http://www.samchuiphotos.com/QFnew/DSC_5320.jpg
Economy Class
http://www.samchuiphotos.com/QFnew/DSC_5305.jpg
http://www.samchuiphotos.com/QFnew/DSC_5321.jpg
These awesome photos are showing Airbus A380-861 MSN009 (F-WWEA) doing a spectacular, dust raising flight demonstration at FIDAE Airshow 2008, taking place in Santiago de Chile till April 6.
More pictures from FIDAE can be found at: Anfemabra’s Flickr Album & Nicotremus’ Flickr Album
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Airbus will be present at the FIDAE Airshow 2008, the “Feria Internacional del Aire y del Espacio”, taking place in Santiago de Chile from 31st of March to 6th of April. On this occasion an A380 development aircraft will take part in the daily flying demonstrations and can also be viewed at the static display area throughout the week. The aircraft will arrive in Santiago de Chile on the 29th of March, landing for the first time on Chilean soil.
Visitors to the show will be able to find out more about the entire Airbus product line at the indoor stand of its parent company EADS, located in the main hall stand no E39 of the Exhibition Centre. The exhibit will feature scale models of the A380, the new long range wide-body A350 XWB, and the new A330-200 Freighter. Airbus executives will be present at the EADS chalet (row D 4-8).
Visit: http://www.fidae.cl for more information.
Source: Airbus
Singapore Airlines recently announced that Tokyo (Japan) will become the fourth city in the world to receive A380 commercial flights, starting services on 20 May 2008.
The inaugural A380 flight to Tokyo – SQ636 – will depart Singapore’s Changi Airport on Tuesday, 20 May 2008, at 0040hrs and arrive at Tokyo’s Narita Airport at 0830hrs (all times local), on a special schedule to coincide with the 30th anniversary celebrations of Narita Airport.
The return flight, SQ637, will depart Narita at 1300hrs on Tuesday, 20 May 2008. The aircraft will touch down at Changi Airport on the same day at 1905hrs.
Thereafter, the Singapore Airlines A380 will commence regular scheduled services, operating SQ638 daily on the Singapore-Tokyo sector from 20 May 2008, and on SQ637 for the return leg from 21 May 2008.
Those who wish to be part may purchase tickets via the Singapore Airlines website, singaporeair.com, or through their travel agents.
Customers who hold ticketed bookings on flights to be operated by the A380 will be automatically accommodated on the new aircraft without any change required to their tickets. Customers with bookings, but not yet ticketed, may need to check if there have been changes to their fares as a result of the aircraft change.
For schedule visit http://www.a380.singaporeair.com/content/news/newsrelease/20080314_tokyo/index.html
Today Singapore Airlines (SIA) started its A380 service between Singapore and London. A few hours ago, the inaugural flight SQ308 touched down for the first time at London Heathrow.
The aircraft will return to Singapore today, operating as SQ319, departing Heathrow at 18:55. (see schedule)
Watch this great video, featuring the landing of SQ308 and taxiing to the gate, greeted by a water canon salute!
Further videos:
Landing at London Heathrow from inside the A380:
Water canon greeting from inside the A380:
A380 pushback:
A380 leaving LHR:
The third production Airbus A380 (MSN006) was handed over to Singapore Airlines today. Equipped with four Rolls Royce Trent 900 engines, the third aircraft for the first A380 operator follows the delivery of the first A380 (MSN003) on 15th October 2007 and second delivery (MSN005) on 11th January 2008.
Singapore Airlines’ third A380 will join the two first aircraft which are being used on daily schedule service between Singapore and Sydney. With the arrival of the third aircraft, Singapore Airlines will begin operating the A380 on its route Singapore – London starting on 18th March.
Source: Airbus
Korean Air is expanding its A380 order with the purchase of three more A380 aircraft. This firm order is in addition to the five A380 aircraft ordered by Korean Air in 2003.
Starting in 2010, Korean Air will introduce the A380 on high density traffic routes from Seoul to the US west coast, with subsequent destinations likely to include cities on the US east coast and Europe. Deliveries to Korean Air for the three additional aircraft are scheduled to take place in 2012 and 2013.
With Korean Air’s additional order, Airbus has 192 firm orders, from 16 customers for the A380 programme.
Source & Image Credit: Airbus
Today’s picture of the day features an awesome interactive 360° panorama shot of the Airbus A380 cockpit.
This super-cool photo gives you an idea of the workspace of an A380 pilot and enables you to experience an interactive walk through the inside of a A380 cockpit. Don’t miss it!
