QANTAS A380 VH-OQJ Operates Delayed QF94.

Feb 28, 2014

QANTAS A380 VH-OQJ operated QF93 Melbourne – Los Angeles today, then turned around to operate yesterday’s delayed QF94 Los Angeles – Melbourne as QF94D.

QANTAS A380 VH-OQI Damaged in Los Angeles Ground Incident.

Feb 27, 2014

QANTAS A380 VH-OQI was under tow from the maintenance facility to the terminal at Los Angeles this evening when its wingtip struck the wingtip of a company Boeing 747-400ER. As a result the aircraft  had to be removed from service and QF94 Los Angeles – Melbourne was delayed overnight.

British Airways A380 G-XLEC Unavailable for Hong Kong Service.

Feb 26, 2014

British Airways A380 G-XLEC, which arrived into London Heathrow as BA56 from Johannesburg yesterday, was delayed in maintenance today and was therefore unable to operate the BA25/BA26 London Heathrow – Hong Kong rotation this evening.

Emirates A380 A6-EEP Overnight Los Angeles Delay.

Feb 22, 2014

Emirates A380 A6-EEP operated EK215 Dubai – Los Angeles today, however the return EK216 has been delayed overnight and will operate tomorrow as EK216D. It is not clear whether this is due to a technical issue or to the fog at Dubai.

British Airways A380 G-XLEA Delayed in Maintenance.

Feb 22, 2014

Airbus A380-841 MSN095, British Airways G-XLEA,, which arrived into London Heathrow as BA26 from Hong Kong early this morning, was delayed in maintenance and was unable to operate the BA269/BA268 London Heathrow – Los Angeles rotation as scheduled. A Boeing 747-400 was substituted in.

QANTAS A380 VH-OQL QF2 Bahrain Diversion.

Feb 22, 2014

QANTAS A380 VH-OQL operating the London Heathrow – Dubai sector of QF2 London Heathrow – Dubai – Sydney (depart London 21st February) diverted via Bahrain this morning due to fog at Dubai. The complete routing was London Heathrow – Bahrain – Dubai – Sydney.

Emirates A380 A6-EDN Returns from Munich.

Feb 21, 2014

Following the technical issue it encountered yesterday, Airbus A380-861 MSN056, Emirates A6-EDN, departed Munich this afternoon operating yesterday’s delayed EK50 Munich – Dubai as EK50D.

British Airways A380 G-XLEC BA269 Keflavik Diversion.

Feb 20, 2014

British Airways A380 G-XLEC operating BA269 London Heathrow – Los Angeles diverted via Keflavik due to a medical emergency on board. The aircraft landed overweight but was cleared to continue after around three hours on the ground. This was the first appearance of a BA A380 at Keflavik.

British Airways Announces A380 Service to Singapore.

Feb 19, 2014

British Airways today announced that it will commence A380 service on the London Heathrow – Singapore route from 28th October 2014. A380s will take over the BA11/BA12 London Heathrow – Singapore rotation departing London Heathrow on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays and returning on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. A380 service is planned daily from February 15th.

Emirates A380 A6-EEX First Flight.

Feb 18, 2014

Emirates A380 A6-EEX made its first flight from Toulouse today wearing test registration F-WWAN and positioned Toulouse – Finkenwerder.

Emirates A380 A6-EEQ Enters Service.

Feb 16, 2014

Emirates A380 A6-EEQ entered service this morning operating EK414 Dubai – Sydney. The aircraft is in 14F/76J/399Y configuration with the main deck crew rest area.

Emirates A380 A6-EEQ Delivered.

Feb 14, 2014

Emirates A380 A6-EEQ was delivered Finkenwerder – Dubai as EK7380 this afternoon. This brings the Emirates A380 fleet up to 45 aircraft.

British Airways A380 G-XLED Returns from Door Repair.

Feb 13, 2014

British Airways A380 G-XLED, which has been under maintenance at London Heathrow since 10th February undergoing repairs to a door, returned to service this evening operating BA25 London Heathrow – Hong Kong.

Qatar Airways A380 A7-APC First Flight.

Feb 11, 2014

Qatar Airways A380 A7-APC made its first flight from Toulouse today wearing test registration F-WWAL and positoned Toulouse – Finkenwerder.

Emirates A380 A6-EEH Returns from New York JFK.

Feb 6, 2014

Following the technical issue it encountered yesterday, Emirates A380 A6-EEH departed New York JFK early this morning operating yesterday’s delayed EK204 New York JFK – Dubai as EK204D.

Emirates Commences A380 Service to Barcelona.

Feb 1, 2014

Emirates commenced A380 operation on the Dubai – Barcelona route today with the EK185/EK186 rotation switching over from Boeing 777-300ER operation. Today’s first A380 rotation was operated by A6-EDP.