Originally Posted by
Beltway2A
ANA took delivery of their first A380 on March 20, 2019, and the aircraft was in service to Hawaii by May 24, 2019. I'm not familiar with that particular rule, but I think that occurrence would demonstrate that it may no longer apply.
Good point! I hadn't thought of that. I don't know the origin of the rule but got the info directly from the chief technical pilot of a European airline.