Posts Tagged "A380"

Airbus A380 Touches Down in Sri Lanka for the first time

Making local aviation history, an Airbus A380-800 touched down in Sri Lanka today for the first time. The unexpected first arrival was A6-EDN, an Emirates A380, enroute from Sydney and Auckland. Apparently the A380 needed to refuel and selected Colombo instead of its previously planned Singapore stop – due...

SIA A380 Receives Minor Damage in Cargo Deck Fire

The crew of a Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 operating as flight 861 from Hong Kong to Singapore on 31st Jan reported smells of smoke in a lavatory while the aircraft was on its descent. As a precaution, a halon extinguisher has been discharged by the crew. The aircraft landed...

Asiana Orders Six A380s

Asiana Airlines of South Korea has placed orders for six Airbus A380-800s. The airline will be taking delivery of the aircraft from 2014 onwards, with the intention of placing them on routes to Europe and the US. Deliveries are expected to continue till 2017. The deal is valued at...

PIA to resume Colombo flights

Happy new year everyone ! Pakistan International Airlines is to resume Colombo service eff 19FEB. The schedule is as follows PK874 KHI 1530 – 1930 CMB 246 310 PK875 CMB 2045 – 2340 KHI 246 310 Note: As of 3 Feb, the schedule has been revised as follows PK874...

SIA grounds three Airbus A380s for pre-cautionary engine changes

Based on further analysis of inspection findings as the investigation into last week’s incident involving Qantas’ Airbus A380 is progressing, Singapore Airlines will be carrying out precautionary engine changes on three A380s – the airline confirmed to this website. Current SIA A380 flight positions, with last operated flight and...

Japanese LCC SkyMark to Order A380s

Japanese low cost carrier, Skymark Airlines ( IATA: BC ) just announced that they have signed an agreement with Airbus for six Airbus A380 aircraft. The deal includes two options. Delivery details or engine choice were not immediately available. Skymark hopes to firm the order in next Spring and...

Qantas, RR and Airbus – What Really Happened ?

It all happened on one fine Thursday. On 4th November, Qantas’ A380 Nancy-Bird Walton ( VH-OQA, MSN014 ) had just departed from Singapore ( IATA : SIN ) to embark the final leg of its journey from London to Sydney as QF32. Just 6 minutes into the flight –...

SIA delays all A380 flights following QF32 incident

Singapore Airlines is currently delaying all of its Airbus A380 operated flights owing to recommended engine checks following today’s incident with a Qantas aircraft. Singapore Airlines A380 due to operate SQ345 ZRH-SIN is currently being delayed for six hours for the engine check conducted at Zurich, and is visible...

Qantas A380 Engine Issue over Indonesia

SINGAPORE, AirlineIndustryReview.com A Qantas Airbus A380-842, registration VH-OQA, operating as QF32 from London, LHR to Sydney, SYD via Singapore, SIN, with 433 pax + 26 crew onboard, had an unidentified engine issue over Indonesia and returned to Singapore for a safe landing. The aircraft left Singapore at 0956h local...

WTO rules Airbus received illegal subsidies, Boeing claims victory

WTO yesterday settled a six-year old dispute between Airbus and Boeing – ruling a majority of Boeing’s claims were correct and calling Boeing the winner of the case. WTO’s 1000 page report released yesterday ( which you can download here ), on case DS316 “European Communities and Certain Member...