September 22, 2020 5:00 am ET
June 24, 2020 1:38 pm ET -
Air France Will Bid Farewell to Its A380s on Friday
Hit hard by the collapse of air traffic due to ongoing pandemic, Air France abruptly had to retire its entire A380 fleet in May. The aircraft will take to the skies for the last time with the Air France livery…
June 23, 2020 9:45 pm ET -
Emirates’ Airbus A380 Fleet Set to Return to the Skies…
The iconic double-decker will take to the skies with flights to London and Paris starting from July 15 as announced by the airline on Tuesday. The airline, which has been forced to ground all superjumbos in its fleet due to…
June 20, 2020 4:19 am ET -
Emirates Weighs Cancelling A380 Orders as Airbus Continues Production in…
A spokesperson from Airbus told AirlineGeeks in an email on Thursday that there are five A380 aircraft that are in the assembly phase in Toulouse, including the last double-decker to be built. “Regarding production, we still have eight aircraft in…
June 14, 2020 10:32 am ET -
Emirates Phases Out Its First Airbus A380, Plans to Retire…
Emirates Airbus A380 A6-EDB, which joined the Emirates fleet on Oct. 24, 2008, six months after its first test flight, has been retired from the airline’s fleet. The aircraft, which hasn’t performed a revenue flight in four months, was spotted…
June 7, 2020 4:00 am ET -
Airbus Threatens to Sue Airlines Following Calls to Defer Deliveries
Airbus does not appear poised to retreat from an escalating dispute with the airlines over outstanding aircraft orders, as the European aircraft manufacturer announced this week that taking legal action will be the last resort if the airlines do not…