As I mentioned earlier, I was fortunate enough to be invited to the A380 welcoming event this evening at LAX. You’ll be happy to know that I took almost 70 pictures from just about every angle of the plane you can imagine. Actually, only a few of you will be …
Category: A380
Well, the A380 has now arrived at LAX and I’ve got the video to prove it. I went out to the airport this morning to watch it arrive. When I got there at just after 8a, there were already a good number of people waiting, as you can see down …
Do you love enormous airplanes? How about German airlines? Is this picture way too fuzzy to satisfy your needs?
If you answered yes to these questions, head on over to this website where Lufthansa is having a drawing for one person to take the VIP tour of the A380 when …
I think we can now unofficially declare the A380 dead. UPS announced today that they have canceled their order for 10 freighter versions of the A380.
Since Fedex already canceled their order and Emirates converted their orders into ones for the passenger version, that leaves no takers for the A380 …
I know where I’ll be on March 19. Airbus has buckled under the pressure from Qantas and LA World Airports and announced it will bring an A380 to LAX on the same day it brings one to JFK.
The initial announcement said that Airbus would bring the plane to JFK, …
It may not be much of a commercial success at this point, and it may not be the most attractive plane flying, but it’s still going to be really cool to see the A380 fly nonetheless. Those of you living in New York, Washington, and Chicago will get to see …
It’s true that I think the A380 wasn’t the right strategic move for Airbus (smaller is better), and it’s one of the uglier planes out there, but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t looking forward to seeing it enter service.
Unfortunately, we’re going to have to wait a …
Forget about the questionable business case and the fact that it is one ugly airplane for a second. It’s still pretty cool looking to see it flying in formation with three other A380s. Thanks to the IAG Blog for pointing out this video on the Airbus site.…