QANTAS A380 VH-OQD operating the Dubai – Sydney sector of QF2 London Heathrow – Dubai – Sydney (depart London Heathrow 29th August and using callsign QF2D) diverted to Perth in the early hours of this morning due to a technical issue. The flight attempted to continue Perth – Sydney during the afternoon after a delay of around 13 hours but had to return to the gate.
Emirates A380 A6-EEM entered the Dubai maintenance facility this evening after arriving as EK202 from New York JFK.
Due to the overnight delay of yesterday’s QF2 London Heathrow – Dubai – Sydney, AIrbus A380-842 MSN026, QANTAS VH-OQD, operated tonight’s scheduled QF2 service using callsign QF2D.
Following it’s overnight delay at Melbourne on 27th August, AIrbus A380-842 MSN055, QANTAS VH-OQI, arrived into London Heathrow as QF9D from Melbourne and Dubai this morning, then turned around to operate yesterday’s delayed QF2 London Heathrow – Dubai – Sydney using QF2 as its callsign.
Following the technical issue it encountered last night, AIrbus A380-842 MSN055, QANTAS VH-OQI, departed Melbourne this afternoon operating yesterday’s delayed QF9 Melbourne – Dubai – London Heathrow as QF9D.
QANTAS A380 VH-OQI arrived into Melbourne this evening as QF10 from London Heathrow and Dubai, however its scheduled departure as QF9 to Dubai and London Heathrow has been delayed overnight due to a technical issue.
QANTAS A380 VH-OQH, which arrived into Sydney as QF2 from London Heathrow and Dubai on the morning of 25th August, returned to service as QF7 Sydney – Dallas-Fort Worth this afternoon having had Wallabies rugby decals added.
Emirates today announced that it will upguage the EK47/EK48 Dubai – Frankfurt rotation from Boeing 777-300ER to A380 operation from 1st January 2016.
QANTAS A380 VH-OQD operated QF18 Los Angeles – Sydney today in place of the usual Boeing 747-400/400ER.
Emirates A380 A6-EEL entered the Dubai maintenance facility this evening after arriving as EK858 from Kuwait.
QANTAS A380 VH-OQA operated a Sydney – Brisbane – Los Angeles charter as QF6053 this morning. As a result no QF17 Sydney – Los Angeles was scheduled today.
Emirates A380 A6-EEX, which has been under maintenance at Dubai since 16th August, returned to service this morning operating EK87 Dubai – Zurich.
QANTAS A380 VH-OQJ operated a Sydney – Brisbane – Dubai – London Heathrow charter as QF6051 this afternoon. As a result no QF1 Sydney – Dubai – London Heathrow was scheduled today.
QANTAS A380 VH-OQE operating QF93 Melbourne – Los Angeles diverted via Honolulu today due to a medical emergency on board.
Airbus A380-861 MSN013, Emirates A6-EDB,, which has been under maintenance at Dubai since 2nd August, returned to service this afternoon operating EK803 Dubai – Jeddah.
Emirates A380 A6-EDI, which has been under maintenance at Dubai since 15th August, returned to service this afternoon operating EK3 Dubai – London Heathrow.
Following the technical issue it encountered yesterday, British Airways A380 G-XLEH departed Johannesburg this evening operating yesterday’s delayed BA56 Johannesburg – London Heathrow as BA56X.
Emirates A380 A6-EES positioned Dubai – Bordeaux for maintenance in the early hours of this morning as EK3073.
Emirates A380 A6-EEP positioned Dubai – Abu Dhabi for maintenance this morning as EK3771.
British Airways A380 G-XLEH arrived into Johannesburg as BA55 from London Heathrow (depart London Heathrow 16th August) this morning, however the return BA56 has been delayed overnight due to a technical issue with the aircraft.
Airbus A380-861 MSN135, Emirates A6-EEF,, which has been under maintenance at Bordeaux since 31st July, positioned Bordeaux – Dubai this morning as EK3074.
Emirates A380 A6-EEX entered the Dubai maintenance facility in the early hours of this morning after arriving as EK88 from Zurich.
Emirates A380 A6-EDI entered the Dubai maintenance facility in the early hours of this morning after arriving as EK804 from Jeddah.
Airbus A380-861 MSN180, Etihad A6-APD, entered service this morning operating EY19 Abu Dhabi – London Heathrow.
Emirates A380 A6-EDF, /which has been under maintenance at Abu Dhabi since 29th July, positioned Abu Dhabi – Dubai this morning as EK3772 and immediately returned to service operating EK9 Dubai – London Gatwick.
Emirates A380 A6-EOU made its first flight from Toulouse today as F-WWSX.
QANTAS A380 VH-OQK positioned Sydney – Manila for maintenance this evening as QF6010.
Following the technical issue it encountered on 9th August, Emirates A380 A6-EDT positioned Mauritius – Dubai this afternoon as EK3710.
Emirates today announced that the EK404/EK405 Dubai – Singapore – Melbourne rotation will be upguaged from Boeing 777-300ER to A380 operation from 1st March 2016.
QANTAS A380 VH-OQE, which has been under maintenance at Manila since June 22nd, positioned Manila – Sydney late tonight as QF6009.
Emirates A380 A6-EEO entered the Dubai maintenance facility this evening after arriving as EK216 from Los Angeles.
Airbus A380-861 MSN080, Emirates A6-EDQ,, which has been under maintenance at Dubai since 19th July, returned to service this morning operating EK71 Dubai – Paris CDG.
QANTAS A380 VH-OQA operated a Los Angeles – Sydney charter late tonight as QF6054. There was no QF12 Los Angeles – Sydney scheduled tonight.
QANTAS A380 VH-OQK operated a London Heathrow – Dubai – Sydney charter as QF6052 this evening. As a result no QF2 was scheduled today.
Emirates A380 A6-EDT operated EK703 Dubai – Mauritius this morning, > however the return EK704 has been delayed overnight due to a technical issue with the aircraft.
Airbus A380-861 MSN180, Etihad A6-APD, was delivered Finkenwerder – Abu Dhabi this morning as EY9009. The aircraft is in 2P/9F/70J/415Y configuration and Facets of Abu Dhabi livery. This brings the Etihad A380 fleet up to four aircraft.
QANTAS A380 VH-OQL operated QF18 Los Angeles – Sydney late tonight. No QF12 Los Angeles – Sydney was scheduled today.
Emirates A380 A6-EOM entered service this morning operating EK241 Dubai – Toronto. The aircraft is confirmed as being in 14F/76J/401Y configuration with the main deck crew rest area.
Emirates A380 A6-EOM was delivered Finkenwerder – Dubai this evening as EK7380. This brings the Emirates A380 fleet up to 65 aircraft.
Airbus A380-861 MSN013, Emirates A6-EDB, entered the Dubai maintenance facility late tonight after arriving as EK148 from Amsterdam.
Following the technical issue it encountered yesterday, Emirates A380 A6-EEB departed London Heathrow this afternoon operating yesterday’s delayed EK8 London Heathrow – Dubai as EK8D.
Operation of the EK141/EK142 Dubai – Madrid rotation switched from Boeing 777-300ER to A380 operation today with A6-EEX operating the inaugural A380 service.