I remember following every bit of media about the A380 back in the mid to late 2000s. Literally from reading articles, to watching any engineering tv show, and collecting books about it. Man, time flies~ I'm really hoping one day I'll be able to fly it before the airlines completely retire it.
@Long Haul by Simple Flying It looks like ya forgot Qantas’ order and fleet there! Don’t worry I’ve already spoken to Alan. We’ve checked the facts and done the numbers. So Qantas has ::checks notes:: 12 A380-800 aircraft and all still numbered within their fleet, but currently mothballed. However 7 of them are due to return to operation within 2022. Also the third most (delivered) orders of the plane were made by, you guessed it: Qantas*. *The number of firm orders by Qantas is actually tied with British Airways, it just reads better as shown above.
Of the 248 A380s are delivered, at least 24 A380s are retired : 10 Air France 6 Lufthansa 1 Emirates 1 Hifly ex SIA and 6 Singapore Airlines ( 3 retired 3 years before covid, 1 retired 2 years before covid and 2 more on October 4 2021)
@@mirzaahmed6589 yes. Only one of 5 retired A380s from SIA has given a second-hand market for 2 and a half years until it was retired for the last time in December 2020
Absolutely fabulous to fly in the A380, it is my Favourite plane by far. ......I have had several very relaxing and most enjoyable flights mainly with Emirates. With this Plandemic still raging around the world, it is hard to imagine when International Tourism will start again, and how many people will be brave enough to head overseas again, so we may not see the A380 in our skies a lot now. Pity. They look sooo graceful.
Quad jets are always a money burners for the airlines. Efficient twin jets are the way forward. However, if Airbus could figure out a way to convert these to freighters, it would be a game changer
Youngest A380 to be scrapped was 11 years old.. The aircraft was register as F-HPJB and formerly owned by Air France.. They scrapped it at Knock Island West Airport, Ireland
As good as the A 380 is , its always been a personnel target for Jean Roeder to beat the 747. Personally I always thought it was a huge leap, which was achieved by Airbus but at huge cost. I would have thought, a much better target to improve upon was the 777 not the 747. Its easy in hind sight, but Boeing had always been very good at its market assessments, always building what customers wanted. The A380 was a whole new ball game and massive risk-If I had been in Airbus's shoes, I think targeting the 777 made better sense. Which the A350-1000 proved.
Skymark Airlines of Japan also ordered it for ambitious plans to expand into the US, but hit financial trouble and ditched all those plans. I believe the A380s built for them went to Singapore Airlines and ANA. I’ve only had 4 A380 flights to date, all with SIA. Once i’m allowed to travel, i’ll make sure to get on as many A380s as possible, Korean Air and Asiana are target number one, as they are retiring within 5 years. She will have her place in the future market, just limited to high capacity routes into the UK and Asia. The fact Airbus developed an app to allow flyers to search for A380 flights shows that flyers really like the aircraft, so not a failure in the slightest.
@@CEOpaschal Good point, although they spoke about several other carriers such as Lufthansa whose fleet of A380 has also been grounded for most of the pandemic.
Sky pool! Remove lower deck and fill with water, install diving boards and water slides on upper deck. Also, tax free cocktail bar. Exciting: In-flight opening door allowing passengers to dive into the ocean (full body wetsuit required). EDIT: And before anyone asks: And before anyone asks, the pilots get scuba gear.
yes they didn't bother bcos Australia is on a lockdown and an absentee on international flight market... so when Australia agree to lift their ban on foreign travels, then their Qantas airline can be taken seriously
I Think (and really hope) that a twin engine dooble decker Will be Created. So The efficiency of The twin engine, and The pasenger and Cargo capacity, Will be emplemented🛫
We are already hearing that the 777x is possibly too big for the current passenger market, so the retirements of the A380 (and 747) should not come as much of a suprise. Unfortunately for the A380, unlike the 747, it doesn't appear to have a clear cut life as a freighter once it's passenger days are over. As for running costs, I wonder how it would have stacked up with the latest generation of engines and a few aerodynamic tweaks etc. (ie the dropped NEO version)?
The engines at the time were simply not large enough. Check the development history of the Boeing 777, which grows with the size of newly developed engines.
The narrower the fuselage is and the fewer engines it has, the more efficient a plane is and this will mean more profit for companies. As the 777X will replace the 747, the A220 with A320 so will the A350 replace the A380.
It is the very definition of a failure! Billions of dollars in losses for Airbus to make it, this is how companies go bankrupt. It may be the best plane for passenger experience and an engineering marvel but is is at its very heart a failure.
@@Andrei8pa3 it will still never be a success, as Airbus has finished production there is now no way of them to recover the billions they lost on its development
@@peteconrad2077 what do you mean "they retire"? Airlines and leasing companies will retire the plane, that has nothing to do with Airbus. Airbus sells the a380 they don't own nor lease them so as the a380 is handed over at delivery Airbus no longer gets any money for the plane. Also no, Airbus has not already recovered most of the investment, they have failed to repay several government loans given for the development of the a380
Second use...? Well I don't see this pandemic going away anytime soon. As it continues to bounce around the world there should be a fleet of a380 flying hospitals/ICUs to assist capacity wherever they can land. Then after the pandemic they should be used for aid work/disaster relief. Equipped with surgery wards etc
If you're going to post RU-vid videos about things to do with facts you need to get your facts straight. That's your responsibility. You missed some very important facts. I was previously subscribed but now have unsubscribed
