Have Any Skyteam Members Ordered The A380?
Mar 31, 2007, 6:24 am
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Korean Air has orderd 5 A380s. They intend to use them to ICN-USA routes.
AF also has ordered 10 A380s, which doesn't surprise anyone.
Future ST partner China Southern ordered 5 A380s, too.
AF also has ordered 10 A380s, which doesn't surprise anyone.
Future ST partner China Southern ordered 5 A380s, too.
Last edited by flytofly; Mar 31, 2007 at 6:30 am
Oct 16, 2007, 12:22 am
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AF will have access to the A380 very soon. Indeed it has already invited some of its FB Platinum Flyertalkers to a free A380 "preview flight" to Canada (for more details, see AF forum) sometime next month.
Oct 16, 2007, 8:32 am
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Oct 16, 2007, 1:36 pm
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Oct 21, 2007, 6:23 am
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Also future partner Malaysian Air ordered 5, although later they were thinking of scrapping the orders, due to MAS financial difficulty.
Oct 21, 2007, 1:14 pm
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Air France has exercised 2 options and now has 12 A 380-800 on order with 2 in options.
AF routes will be CDG-JFK, CDG-YUL, CDG-NRT, CDG-BJS, CDG-LAX, CDG-SIN
Air France will be the first european airline to put the "whale jet" in operation in april 2009.
AF routes will be CDG-JFK, CDG-YUL, CDG-NRT, CDG-BJS, CDG-LAX, CDG-SIN
Air France will be the first european airline to put the "whale jet" in operation in april 2009.
Oct 22, 2007, 8:52 am
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BTW, CO has no Airbus planes of any type. They decided some years ago to choose only Boelng in order to streamline operations and maintenance. Only exception are the small jungle jets.
Oct 24, 2007, 12:49 am
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This late entry in service under the AF colours is due to the much publicized delays of the aircraft. Original delivery date for AF was April 2008 but Airbus announced a six month delay and offered Air France a new date of delivery around october 2008. Air France refused to receive the massive airliner during the winter period when the demand is slower and told Airbus to deliver the aircraft in april 2009 just before the summer season.
Oct 24, 2007, 10:39 am
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Malaysian Air was reportedly blackballed by AF for membership in Skyteam some time ago. There are no current plans for Malaysian to join Skyteam.