Sad For AvGeeks Air France A380 Gets Dismantled One Mile at a Time
The Airbus A380 has become the latest victim of the global pandemic. Air France announced today that it would be phasing out its entire fleet of double-deckers with the "definitive end" taking.
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Air France operates this aircraft on a variety of select, high density routes on the Air France network. Built with the latest technology, the A380 is not only the most silent aircraft in its class but its tremendous size also provides the most comfort.
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A full length, full flight video with Air France onboard Airbus A380-800 F-HPJH, operating flight AF65 from Los Angeles to Paris Charles-de-Gaulle on Novembe.
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Air France swiftly retired their entire fleet of 10 A380s not long after the pandemic halted international travel, putting nearly all of them into deep storage by mid-2020. China Southern Airlines maintained A380 service throughout the pandemic with its fleet of five, but the airline announced at the beginning of 2022 that it would retire the.
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Air France quickly retired its A380 fleet in May 2020, early on in the pandemic, and now relies on more-efficient twin-engine aircraft, like the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Boeing 777, and Airbus A350.
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Air France has now formally announced the definitive end of its Airbus A380 operations. In today's statement the Air France-KLM Group confirmed the phase-out of the A380 fleet saying it was "in the context of the current COVID-19 crisis and its impact on anticipated activity levels." Active fleet renewal program
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Published Jun 27, 2020 Air France decided to retire its A380 fleet earlier this year. Photo: Getty Images Air France just retired its last A380. After just a little more than 10 years in service, it was a few years sooner than the French air carrier had expected. However, the current climate made it necessary.
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Boarding an Air France Airbus A380. Rebecca Harrington/Business Insider Flying in business class on Air France's Airbus A380 round-trip between New York and Paris was a treat. The.
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By Tom Boon Published May 20, 2020 Air France will not be able to operate its A380s after the pandemic. Photo: Getty Images Air France has today announced the retirement of its nine remaining Airbus A380 aircraft. The French flag carrier had already intended on a 2022 retirement before the outbreak of the current pandemic.
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The A380 is a time limited sight in Air France livery. From 2022, the model will no longer fly with the French flag carrying airline, as it was revealed it will be retired sooner than originally expected. Therefore, if you want to fly the A380 with Air France, you'd better get your skates on. Why fly the A380 with Air France?
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"The phase-out of Airbus A380 fleet fits in the Air France-KLM Group fleet simplification strategy of making the fleet more competitive, by continuing its transformation with more modern, high-performance aircraft with a significantly reduced environmental footprint," the statement says.
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The A380 leverages Airbus' expertise in aircraft design, sharing a large degree of commonality in systems, flight deck, procedures, and maintainability with the fly-by-wire A320, A330/A340 and A350 families. Pilots do not need extensive training to transfer from one aircraft type to another, increasing their productivity and reducing the.
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The plane will need an engine swap at the remote Canadian airport where it's stranded. The Airbus A380 is a beast. It's a double-decker, superjumbo passenger plane, with four engines and a.
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Flying Air France from Los Angeles to Paris. Thomas Pallini/Business Insider. Even with a 10-seat abreast configuration in economy with 17.5-inch wide seats, the A380 was so massive that there.
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Published Sep 16, 2021 Photo: Getty Images One of the biggest casualties of the pandemic in terms of aviation is the Airbus A380. Very early on in March 2020, Air France announced it would be retiring all of its Airbus A380s early. The airline previously had nine in its fleet, but what happened to each aircraft? Speeding up the retirement plan