First 380 just landed at SFO
May 10, 2011, 1:05 pm
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First 380 just landed at SFO
Happened to be in the SQ lounge when the first landing of 380 happened just before noon (Lufthansa). There was a small "celebration" of some firetrucks making a water arch for the plane to go through just before the gate.
Somehow it doesn't look as big here as it did in Singapore
Somehow it doesn't look as big here as it did in Singapore
May 13, 2011, 2:15 pm
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For a short time only.
This service ends in winter of 2011. It is only used for summer and some of fall. If you look to book LH SFO-FRA or vice versa in the winter, you will see they switched it back to a B747.
May 13, 2011, 5:42 pm
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Looks like LH put in the old incline C seats on the A380, so not much lost if you end up on the 747 in C. Too bad they didn't go with a 180 degree recline bed seat in C on the big whales.
May 13, 2011, 6:13 pm
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I believe this was the first A380 in commercial service to land at SFO.
An Emirates A380 came by on August 5, 2008 (includes photos!):
http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2008/08/05...rrives-at-sfo/
There may have been an earlier A380 flight to SFO by EADS/Airbus--not sure...
An Emirates A380 came by on August 5, 2008 (includes photos!):
http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2008/08/05...rrives-at-sfo/
There may have been an earlier A380 flight to SFO by EADS/Airbus--not sure...
May 14, 2011, 11:09 pm
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The first A380 operation in and out of SFO was a corporate plane in house livery on 10/4/2007. The plane was in for facilities certification tests and and little PR press tour. It departed the next day.
I was lucky to be able to see its arrival only because I went early. I also saw the Emirates A380 come and go the next summer. It was nice having an office right on San Francisco bay.
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I was lucky to be able to see its arrival only because I went early. I also saw the Emirates A380 come and go the next summer. It was nice having an office right on San Francisco bay.
800x600 pixel versionI believe this was the first A380 in commercial service to land at SFO.
An Emirates A380 came by on August 5, 2008 (includes photos!):
http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2008/08/05...rrives-at-sfo/
There may have been an earlier A380 flight to SFO by EADS/Airbus--not sure...
An Emirates A380 came by on August 5, 2008 (includes photos!):
http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2008/08/05...rrives-at-sfo/
There may have been an earlier A380 flight to SFO by EADS/Airbus--not sure...
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Jul 11, 2011, 4:26 am
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Aug 21, 2011, 11:00 pm
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I still see AF & LH A380's at SFO.
LH daily schedule Frankfurt > SFO:
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/D...745Z/EDDF/KSFO
AF daily schedule Paris > SFO:
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/A...830Z/LFPG/KSFO
LH daily schedule Frankfurt > SFO:
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/D...745Z/EDDF/KSFO
AF daily schedule Paris > SFO:
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/A...830Z/LFPG/KSFO