Consegne e notizie sugli A380


Bellissimo, i colori degli interni sono molto piacevoli... non ho capito bene però la situazione della cabina economy dietro la lounge area; in poche parole è una premium economy e si ha diritto ad accedere alla lounge, in più i migliori frequent flyer avranno i posti assicurati di diritto. Da un lato non mi piace come configurazione, avrei continuato con la classe business come nell'upper deck di EK.
 
Skymark’s A380 Delayed as Interior Specifications Don’t Match

Skymark Airlines Inc. (9204), the only Japanese carrier to order Airbus Group NV (AIR)A380s, said the delivery of its superjumbos would be delayed by up to six months as specifications of the plane’s interiors don’t match.
“We ordered interiors from two companies,” Skymark Managing Director Masakazu Arimori told reporters in Tokyo today. “The specifications didn’t match. The parts are being reworked.” Airbus declined to comment.

Skymark was planning to start flights with the superjumbo as early as December, the company had said earlier. Skymark’s first A380 successfully made its maiden flight in April following the completion of airframe assembly and system tests in Toulouse, France, the home of Airbus. The next phase was covering cabin installation and painting at Hamburg, Germany, Airbus said April 8.

The Japanese airline’s announcement follows Qatar Airways Ltd. saying last month that the delivery of its first A380 was delayed as Airbus and the airline agreed to some “fine tuning elements.” Tokyo-based Skymark’s order for six superjumbos, including options, is critical for Airbus to build its footprint in Japan, a market Boeing Co. has dominated as near monopoly for decades.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-...d-as-interior-specifications-don-t-match.html
 
QATAR Airways today (16JUN14) has revised planned Airbus A380 operations in the GDS, which sees planned service launch on Doha – London Heathrow and Doha – Paris CDG route being postponed until 01AUG14 and 15AUG14 at the earliest, respectively. Planned replacement aircraft as follow.
Doha – London Heathrow QR003/004 service will be operated by A340-600 from 01JUL14 to 12JUL14 and 17JUL14 to 31JUL14
Doha – Paris CDG QR039/040 service will be operated by Boeing 777-300ER from 03JUL14 to 14AUG14
At time this post goes to press, QATAR Airways continues to display London Heathrow QR003/004 service being Zero’d out in most class of service up to 08SEP14, while Paris CDG QR039/040 continues to display “2-class” A380 service (First Class Inventory not available) until 30SEP14. These were noted on Airline Route on 06JUN14.
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(Doha – London Heathrow)
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(Doha – Paris CDG)
 
[h=1]Qatar Airways A380 Deliveries Delayed[/h]Delivery of the first three Airbus A380s to Qatar Airways has been delayed by several weeks due to unresolved cabin issues, the airline's chief executive said.

The delivery had originally been expected around the end of May, coinciding with a meeting of global airlines in Qatar's capital Doha, but was pushed back after the airline apparently rejected the aircraft during a routine pre-delivery inspection.
"The delivery of these Qatar Airways A380 aircraft has been delayed due to certain issues affecting the interior of the cabin which were identified during the airline's standard aircraft delivery process which includes rigorous inspections by its specialist technical team," chief executive Akbar Al Baker said in an emailed statement.
"As a result of the findings, the delivery schedule of the airline's A380 aircraft has been impacted to allow Airbus to address Qatar Airways' requests."
Airbus said it could not comment on delivery dates for individual aircraft, which was a matter for the customer.

 
The Airbus A380 does not feature in the current plans of Delta Air Lines, an executive at the carrier said, citing the reliability and efficiency of smaller aircraft."We don't see an application for the A380 in our network," Steve Dickson, senior vice president for flight operations, said during an interview at the AIAA Aviation Forum in Atlanta.The A380, which entered service in 2007, can carry more than 500 passengers. Airbus has been trying to boost sales of the plane.Earlier this month, Delta ordered 15 Airbus A321s in a deal valued at USD$1.65 billion at list prices. It also has issued a request for proposals for the purchase of up to 50 wide-body jets.Dickson said planes with four engines such as the A380 were likely "not viable" for most of Delta's markets. "The reliability of the two-engine airplanes and the efficiency of them is just too compelling," he added.Dickson, who is qualified as a Boeing 757/767 captain and has also flown the 727 and 737 at Delta, also said the carrier was not seeing a shortage of pilots. While some regional carriers have cited problems finding qualified pilots, Dickson said Delta had not seen a big impact yet at its feeder carriers.Delta is hiring 50 pilots a month for the foreseeable future, Dickson said. He added that the majority of the new pilots were replacing retirees."There's a lot that's changing in the industry right now in terms of the career path for pilots that we need to make sure that we stay abreast of," Dickson said. "For example, there are fewer military pilots available. The number of pilots who have been coming out of US flight training schools has been declining for a number of years. We also have a lot of retirements."
 
kenyaprince ha detto:
The Airbus A380 does not feature in the current plans of Delta Air Lines, an executive at the carrier said, citing the reliability and efficiency of smaller aircraft."We don't see an application for the A380 in our network," Steve Dickson, senior vice president for flight operations, said during an interview at the AIAA Aviation Forum in Atlanta.The A380, which entered service in 2007, can carry more than 500 passengers. Airbus has been trying to boost sales of the plane.Earlier this month, Delta ordered 15 Airbus A321s in a deal valued at USD$1.65 billion at list prices. It also has issued a request for proposals for the purchase of up to 50 wide-body jets.Dickson said planes with four engines such as the A380 were likely "not viable" for most of Delta's markets. "The reliability of the two-engine airplanes and the efficiency of them is just too compelling," he added.Dickson, who is qualified as a Boeing 757/767 captain and has also flown the 727 and 737 at Delta, also said the carrier was not seeing a shortage of pilots. While some regional carriers have cited problems finding qualified pilots, Dickson said Delta had not seen a big impact yet at its feeder carriers.Delta is hiring 50 pilots a month for the foreseeable future, Dickson said. He added that the majority of the new pilots were replacing retirees."There's a lot that's changing in the industry right now in terms of the career path for pilots that we need to make sure that we stay abreast of," Dickson said. "For example, there are fewer military pilots available. The number of pilots who have been coming out of US flight training schools has been declining for a number of years. We also have a lot of retirements."
Clicca per espandere...

Due considerazioni:
1) Sembra proprio che gli americani (tutte le compagnie) non sentano bisogno dell' a380
2) Per un provetto pilota, il mercato americano possa essere uno sbocco in futuro
 
[h=1]Emirates to Launch A380 Service to Houston / San Francisco from December 2014[/h]by JL



Update at 1650GMT 19JUN14

Emirates from December 2014 is expanding Airbus A380 operations to the US, where it’ll introduce the Super Jumbo service to San Francisco and Houston market. Planned schedule as follow.
eff 01DEC14 Dubai – San Francisco
EK225 DXB0850 – 1250SFO 388 D
EK226 SFO1545 – 1925+1DXB 388 D
eff 03DEC14 Dubai – Houston
EK211 DXB0930 – 1605IAH 388 D
EK212 IAH1825 – 1905+1DXB 388 D
 
Emirates (Dubai) is adding passenger and cargo capacity in San Francisco and Houston on December 1 and 3, 2014 respectively when it switches from operating the routes with a Boeing 777-300 ER to its double-decker Airbus A380.


The A380 will offer an additional 135 seats to San Francisco and 137 to Houston, representing a 38 percent increase in overall passenger capacity, and 80 percent more seats across the premium cabins. In addition to offering a choice of 14 First Class Private Suites and 76 lie-flat Business Class seats, the aircraft offers 399 spacious Economy Class seats to San Francisco and 401 to Houston.


The Emirates service from San Francisco operates daily as flight EK 226, departing San Francisco at 3:30 PM (1530) and arriving in Dubai the following day at 7:25 PM (1925). Flight EK 225 departs Dubai at 8:50 AM (0850) and arrives at San Francisco International Airport at 12:50 PM (1250) the same day.


Emirates’ daily flight EK 211 to Houston departs Dubai at 9:30 AM (0930) and arrives at 4:05 PM (1605). The return flight, EK 212, takes off from George Bush Intercontinental Airport at 6:25 PM (1825) and lands in Dubai at 7:05 PM (1905) the next day.


San Francisco and Houston will be Emirates’ 4th and 5th U.S. gateways serviced by an A380, joining New York, Los Angeles, and Dallas/Fort Worth which is due to commence on October 1. This latest announcement means that by December, Emirates will be serving both its Texan destinations with an A380 service.
 
AIRSHOW-Qatar Airways rejected first three A380s, disappointed with Airbus

Segue la vicenda Qatar Airways (v. sopra):

FARNBOROUGH, England, July 14 (Reuters) - Qatar Airways rejected the first three new A380 superjumbos supplied to it by Airbus, its chief executive said, adding it was very disappointed with the European planemaker.

Continua su http://finance.yahoo.com/news/airshow-qatar-airways-rejected-first-152403305.html

Fonte: Reuters via Yahoo
 
Emirates (Dubai) on July 16 launched a new Airbus A380 service to Kuwait City, the world’s shortest scheduled A380 flight.
The arrival of the upgraded EK 857 service, which touched down at Kuwait International Airport, marks 25 years of Emirates’ flights to the country.
The Emirates’ A380 flight to Kuwait is just one hour and 45 minutes, the shortest A380 service in operation today. Since 2008, the airline has carried 27.5 million travelers on its now 50 A380s.
Kuwait is only the second market in the Middle East to be served by the airline’s flagship aircraft after the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Flight EK 857 leaves Dubai at 1600 and arrives in Kuwait at 1645 local time. Flight EK 858 departs Kuwait at 1825 and lands in Dubai at 2110.
 
AIRSHOW-HK Airlines to drop A380s in order reshuffle -sources


(Reuters) - Hong Kong Airlines is preparing to cancel an order for 10 Airbus A380 superjumbos after an associated leasing company struck an expanded deal to buy 70 smaller A320-family aircraft, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
Asked about the status of the order at a news conference, Airbus officials said it remained on the company's order book.
Since March, however, the order is no longer attributed in the order book to the airline itself but to an "undisclosed" customer, according to Airbus data.

​
Hong Kong Airlines was not available for comment.
The order had been in doubt for some time after it was first caught up in a row between the European Union and China over environmental policy and then the airline was reported as saying it might exchange the A380 commitment for other aircraft.
Hong Kong Airlines shares a common investor, HNA Group , with Hong Kong Aviation Capital which finalised an order for 70 jets at the Farnborough Airshow on Thursday after initially preparing the ground for a 60-plane order at the Paris Airshow last year. (Reporting by Tim Hepher; Editing by Victoria Bryan)
 
Airbus annulla l’ordine di acquisto per l’A380 di Skymark Airlines


In seguito alconfronto con Skymark Airlines e tenuto conto delle intenzioni espresse delvettore nei confronti dell’A380, Airbus, secondo i propri diritti contrattuali,ha comunicato a Skymark Airlines l’annullamento dell’ordine di acquisto per 6aeromobili A380 siglato nel 2011. Airbus si riserva tutti i diritti e i provvedimenti.

fonte : Airbus
 
Ultima modifica:
Air France (Paris) is bringing the Airbus A380 to Miami. Starting on December 1 the A380 with replace the Boeing 747-400 on the Paris (Charles de Gaulle)-Miami route.
During the 2014-2015 winter season (October 26, 2014 – March 28, 2015), Air France will offer up to 7 flights a week to Miami from Paris-Charles de Gaulle. From December 1, 2014 until the end of the season, each flight will be operated by Airbus A380 aircraft.
Daily flight schedules: *
From December 1, 2014 to March 28, 2015 (local time):
AF 090: departure from Paris-Charles de Gaulle at 13:50, arriving in Miami at 18:05
AF 099: from Miami at 20:55, arrival at Paris-Charles de Gaulle at 11.20 the next day
* flights daily except Wednesday from January 5, 2015 to February 1, 2015 and March 9, 2015 to March 28, 2015.
The Air France A380 has 516 seats in four cabins Travel: The First (9 seats); Business (80 seats); Premium Economy (38 seats) and Economy (389 seats).

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Allego la lista aggiornata degli ordini tratti da Wikipedia:

The following orders have been placed and deliveries made, according to Airbus, as of 31 July 2014:[SUP][2][/SUP]

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[TH="class: headerSort, bgcolor: #CCDDFF"]Customer[/TH]
[TH="class: headerSort, bgcolor: #CCDDFF"]Entry into service[/TH]
[TH="class: headerSort, bgcolor: #CCDDFF"]Firm Orders[/TH]
[TH="class: headerSort, bgcolor: #CCDDFF"]Options[/TH]
[TH="class: headerSort, bgcolor: #CCDDFF"]Deliveries[/TH]
[TH="class: headerSort, bgcolor: #CCDDFF"]EA[/TH]
[TH="class: headerSort, bgcolor: #CCDDFF"]RR[/TH]
[TH="class: unsortable, bgcolor: #CCDDFF"]Press Release[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"]Air Austral[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: red"]*[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"]Air France[/TD]
[TD]2009[/TD]
[TD]12[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]10[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: red"]*[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][SUP][3][/SUP][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"]Amedeo[/TD]
[TD]2016[/TD]
[TD]20[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][SUP][4][/SUP][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"]Asiana Airlines[/TD]
[TD]2014[/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #4A6FFD"]*[/TD]
[TD][SUP][5][/SUP][SUP][6][/SUP][SUP][7][/SUP][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"]British Airways[/TD]
[TD]2013[/TD]
[TD]12[/TD]
[TD]7[/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #4A6FFD"]*[/TD]
[TD][SUP][8][/SUP][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"]China Southern Airlines[/TD]
[TD]2011[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #4A6FFD"]*[/TD]
[TD][SUP][9][/SUP][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"]Emirates[/TD]
[TD]2008[/TD]
[TD]140[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]50[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: red"]90[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][SUP][10][/SUP][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"]Etihad Airways[/TD]
[TD]2014[/TD]
[TD]10[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: red"]*[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][SUP][11][/SUP][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"]Unidentified Customer(s)[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]10[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"]Kingdom Holding Company[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #4A6FFD"]*[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"]Korean Air[/TD]
[TD]2011[/TD]
[TD]10[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]10[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: red"]*[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][SUP][12][/SUP][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"]Lufthansa[/TD]
[TD]2010[/TD]
[TD]14[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]12[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #4A6FFD"]*[/TD]
[TD][SUP][13][/SUP][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"]Malaysia Airlines[/TD]
[TD]2012[/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #4A6FFD"]*[/TD]
[TD][SUP][14][/SUP][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"]Qantas[/TD]
[TD]2008[/TD]
[TD]20[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]12[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #4A6FFD"]*[/TD]
[TD][SUP][15][/SUP][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"]Qatar Airways[/TD]
[TD]2014[/TD]
[TD]10[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: red"]*[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][SUP][16][/SUP][SUP][17][/SUP][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"]Singapore Airlines[/TD]
[TD]2007[/TD]
[TD]24[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]19[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #4A6FFD"]*[/TD]
[TD][SUP][18][/SUP][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"]Thai Airways International[/TD]
[TD]2012[/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #4A6FFD"]*[/TD]
[TD][SUP][19][/SUP][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"]Transaero Airlines[/TD]
[TD]2015[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: red"]*[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][SUP][20][/SUP][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"]Virgin Atlantic[/TD]
[TD]2018[/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #4A6FFD"]*[/TD]
[TD][SUP][21][/SUP][SUP][22][/SUP][/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD="colspan: 2"]Totals[/TD]
[TD]318[/TD]
[TD]28[/TD]
[TD]138[/TD]
[TD]148[/TD]
[TD]106[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
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Ci sono 180 ordini inevasi, dei quali 90 sono di EK (50% del totale). Le tre sorelle del Golfo insieme devono ricevere 110 macchine (61% del totale).
Ci sarebbe da aggiungere che dei 70 ordini inevasi extra EK-EY-QR, ce ne sono alcuni un po' incerti. Tipo quello di Air Austral. Da notare anche il rinvio a tempi lontani delle consegne di VS e dei restanti di QF. Ci sono poi i 10 ordini ex Hong Kong Airlines che ora sono attribuiti ad un cliente ignoto. Come ignote sono le compagnie che prederanno le 20 macchine ordinate da Amedeo.
Direi che Airbus e Boeing devono incrociare le dita sperando che nel Golfo non emergano tensioni politico-militari importanti, altrimenti sarebbero guai...
 
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