Sep 10, 2020, 4:22 pm
Last edit by: Globaliser
List of active A380s:
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Major maintenance:
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Notes:
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Aircraft Delivery Hours
G-XLEA 04.07.2013 29,259 at 06.04.2022
G-XLEB 20.09.2013 28,913 at 29.07.2022
G-XLEC 18.10.2013 29,592 at 20.09.2022
G-XLED 17.01.2014 27,628 at 06.01.2022
G-XLEE 06.03.2014 27,385 at 03.02.2021
G-XLEF 15.05.2014 27,572 at 30.03.2022
G-XLEG 11.09.2014 27,033 at 01.08.2022
G-XLEH 16.10.2014 25,613 at 01.08.2022
G-XLEI 13.02.2015 24,390 at 21.01.2022
G-XLEJ 10.11.2015 21,521 at 31.10.2022
G-XLEK 03.02.2016 19,363 at 20.03.2022
G-XLEL 22.06.2016 19,284 at 17.06.2022
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Major maintenance:
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Aircraft Maint 1 Maint 2 Maint 3 Maint 4
G-XLEA 21.06.2015 12.04.2017 17.12.2018 26.10.2021
G-XLEB 24.09.2015 20.05.2017 04.03.2019 07.02.2022
G-XLEC 17.10.2015 09.09.2017 06.05.2019 08.03.2022
G-XLED 24.01.2016 08.11.2017 06.08.2019 23.12.2021
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G-XLEE 15.02.2016 16.12.2017 19.10.2019 14.04.2022
G-XLEF 16.04.2016 25.02.2018 19.01.2020 04.02.2022
G-XLEG 25.09.2016 09.04.2018 25.05.2020 13.05.2022
G-XLEH 15.10.2016 16.09.2018 21.08.2020 11.09.2022
G-XLEI 21.01.2017 21.10.2018 15.10.2020 28.10.2022
G-XLEJ 28.09.2017 11.06.2019 16.07.2022
G-XLEK 21.01.2018 22.11.2019 04.01.2022
G-XLEL 28.04.2018 23.02.2020 31.03.2022
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Notes:
- Maintenance dates are for the completion of each period of major maintenance work, lasting about 3, 5, 8 and 4 weeks respectively.
- As of 28 October 2022: -
- G-XLEA is in service
- G-XLEB is in service
- G-XLEC is in service
- G-XLED is in service
- G-XLEE is in service
- G-XLEF is in service
- G-XLEG is in service
- G-XLEH is in service
- G-XLEI is in service
- G-XLEJ is in service
- G-XLEK is in service
- G-XLEL is in service
- Airport codes:-
- LHR = London Heathrow
Stored A380s | maintenance movements
Apr 12, 2022, 6:09 am
#317
Join Date: Mar 2017
Programs: BA GGL, GfL, Hilton Diamond, Hyatt Lifetime Globalist, AllAccor Diamond, Marriott Ambassador Elite
Posts: 1,042
Apr 12, 2022, 9:47 pm
#319
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Singapore
Programs: BAEC GFL (Only took 30 years)
Posts: 497
Actually seems like London-Sydney loads are pretty high (some April dates at least) which is indeed causing a capacity crunch in J at least , a friend wanted to do US with a London stop but is having to do SQ via Manchester instead to get a decent fare
no way a A380 would be required just for Singapore at the moment- business demand is still very low and they used to struggle to fill over the summer pre-COVID at times, often some rotations would be dropped around May time before the local school holidays in June
no way a A380 would be required just for Singapore at the moment- business demand is still very low and they used to struggle to fill over the summer pre-COVID at times, often some rotations would be dropped around May time before the local school holidays in June
Shame SQ can run three flights a day from LHR and one from MAN, with one LHR being an A380.
Apr 13, 2022, 1:51 am
#320
Join Date: Apr 2012
Programs: BA Executive Club
Posts: 1,034
Personally apart from flights to India and other core Asian routes to Singapore and Hong Kong plus maybe the return of Japan I believe BA Needs to concentrate on other parts of the world. Possibly look at leisure routes to Bangkok and Phuket from Gatwick.BA needs to continue to develop its routes to both the Americas, Central America, the Caribbean Area and parts of Africa. The European network can also be further developed.
In my view the ME and Asian airlines have the routes to the East pretty sown up.
Australia perplexes me. You would think that with the close ties between the two countries they could attract more VFR traffic.
I must stress my non expert personal view.
Apr 13, 2022, 4:15 am
#321
Join Date: Apr 2015
Programs: Some
Posts: 5,252
Singapore is SQs hub, so there is plenty of connecting traffic. The same reason why Emirates can fly multiple daily flights from across the U.K. to Dubai.
Personally apart from flights to India and other core Asian routes to Singapore and Hong Kong plus maybe the return of Japan I believe BA Needs to concentrate on other parts of the world. Possibly look at leisure routes to Bangkok and Phuket from Gatwick.BA needs to continue to develop its routes to both the Americas, Central America, the Caribbean Area and parts of Africa. The European network can also be further developed.
In my view the ME and Asian airlines have the routes to the East pretty sown up.
Australia perplexes me. You would think that with the close ties between the two countries they could attract more VFR traffic.
I must stress my non expert personal view.
Personally apart from flights to India and other core Asian routes to Singapore and Hong Kong plus maybe the return of Japan I believe BA Needs to concentrate on other parts of the world. Possibly look at leisure routes to Bangkok and Phuket from Gatwick.BA needs to continue to develop its routes to both the Americas, Central America, the Caribbean Area and parts of Africa. The European network can also be further developed.
In my view the ME and Asian airlines have the routes to the East pretty sown up.
Australia perplexes me. You would think that with the close ties between the two countries they could attract more VFR traffic.
I must stress my non expert personal view.
Apr 13, 2022, 6:54 am
#322
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Singapore
Programs: BAEC GFL (Only took 30 years)
Posts: 497
Singapore is SQs hub, so there is plenty of connecting traffic. The same reason why Emirates can fly multiple daily flights from across the U.K. to Dubai.
Personally apart from flights to India and other core Asian routes to Singapore and Hong Kong plus maybe the return of Japan I believe BA Needs to concentrate on other parts of the world. Possibly look at leisure routes to Bangkok and Phuket from Gatwick.BA needs to continue to develop its routes to both the Americas, Central America, the Caribbean Area and parts of Africa. The European network can also be further developed.
In my view the ME and Asian airlines have the routes to the East pretty sown up.
Australia perplexes me. You would think that with the close ties between the two countries they could attract more VFR traffic.
I must stress my non expert personal view.
Personally apart from flights to India and other core Asian routes to Singapore and Hong Kong plus maybe the return of Japan I believe BA Needs to concentrate on other parts of the world. Possibly look at leisure routes to Bangkok and Phuket from Gatwick.BA needs to continue to develop its routes to both the Americas, Central America, the Caribbean Area and parts of Africa. The European network can also be further developed.
In my view the ME and Asian airlines have the routes to the East pretty sown up.
Australia perplexes me. You would think that with the close ties between the two countries they could attract more VFR traffic.
I must stress my non expert personal view.
Apr 14, 2022, 1:34 am
#325
Join Date: Feb 2018
Programs: Mucci, BAEC Silver, IHG Platinum Elite
Posts: 1,038
But certainly one way of generating tourism.
Apr 14, 2022, 3:53 pm
#327
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Hampshire, UK
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 372
Apr 14, 2022, 6:07 pm
#328
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: London, UK
Programs: bmi DC, BAEC
Posts: 1,108
Maybe the extremely high fuel burn from ultra long haul flights is unacceptable to the British public
Apr 15, 2022, 1:45 am
#329
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: London
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 2,220
Geographically, Australia is remote from most of the world’s major economies, not to mention their cultural roots. So, travelling long distances is in their DNA. For Qantas, serving long and relative thin routes, makes up quite a proportion of their network, so it’s not surprising that Project Sunrise exists. For BA, it would be a totally different business decision, and one with ‘high risk’ (think fuel prices) written all over it. Also, the disproportionate cost of running a small subfleet, but including back-ups means, IMO, BA will never enter the ULH market.
Last edited by TedToToe; Apr 15, 2022 at 2:12 am
Apr 15, 2022, 4:03 am
#330
Join Date: Apr 2015
Programs: Some
Posts: 5,252
Geographically, Australia is remote from most of the world’s major economies, not to mention their cultural roots. So, travelling long distances is in their DNA. For Qantas, serving long and relative thin routes, makes up quite a proportion of their network, so it’s not surprising that Project Sunrise exists. For BA, it would be a totally different business decision, and one with ‘high risk’ (think fuel prices) written all over it. Also, the disproportionate cost of running a small subfleet, but including back-ups means, IMO, BA will never enter the ULH market.