Originally Posted by
EK77W
Does the delivery of 8 A380 indicates more A380 services to USA and Australia or will they be used for Europe/Asia?
EK wants go to Perth with the A380 but there is still the third bridge missing.
Are any of them versions with the higher MTOW ? They would need them to the West Coast USA without any payload restrictions. Sao Paulo maybe too.
Maybe we see also a comeback to JNB with the A380, more destinations in Africa I do not see right now.
In Europe you never know what their plan is. FRA comes to mind, maybe LGW, the 2nd daily MAN flight which was rumored in the past, BCN gets two flights early this year maybe a test, more in UK like BHX, ZRH or maybe HAM.
For Australia I would suspect Perth, and maybe an upgrade for one of the flights to Australia which stops in SE Asia.
EK is also in talks for more flights to India. If they can get there I would expect then at least 2-3 destinations, like Delhi and Mumbai for the A380.