Historical flight
Sep 10, 2018, 9:54 pm
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: UAE
Programs: EK Platinum
Posts: 47
Historical flight
Restricted armrest space.
Today flying EK147 to AMS in A6-EDA. The first A380 Emirates ever received. Surprised that it is still in service. Very aged J Class product. Not anymore up to EK standard honestly. ICE screen is lagging and not very responsive. Screens are “washed out”.
Feb 12, 2020, 8:55 pm
#5
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: MT, USA
Programs: Ex-5C club, Skymiles Gold
Posts: 454
Fun thing was our route which took us over St. Petersburg and Helsinki due to strong jet stream winds.
Sorry to resurrect this old thread but I thought it was topical that in 2018 it was to be retired “soon”.
Feb 13, 2020, 6:41 am
#6
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: DXB
Programs: EK, AA, DL, UA, SPG, HGP, Amex
Posts: 1,208
Had the pleasure? of flying on A6-EDA on Tuesday DXB-JFK. I thought the interior looked a little old and worn with more clear tape holding things together in the shower spas than normal but I didn’t realize until I was logging the ship number today that this was the #1 A380 in the fleet and it is still flying (even after an engine failure)!
Fun thing was our route which took us over St. Petersburg and Helsinki due to strong jet stream winds.
Sorry to resurrect this old thread but I thought it was topical that in 2018 it was to be retired “soon”.
Fun thing was our route which took us over St. Petersburg and Helsinki due to strong jet stream winds.
Sorry to resurrect this old thread but I thought it was topical that in 2018 it was to be retired “soon”.
Looking at my logs, surprised I've only flown it once (I've flown on about 2/3 of the A380 fleet over the years).
Feb 16, 2020, 4:14 am
#7
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: ISB
Posts: 747
A6-EDA will have been in service for 12 years this July, maybe the lease will end and it'll see the same fate as some of SQ's ex-A380s.