Theres no spare planes and they are worked hard without a huge amount of TLC. Early production serial numbers that still give troubles.
Qantas passengers bound for Sydney stranded in Dubai on New Year's Eve
A technical problem has grounded the A380 QF2 at Dubai International Airport overnight, and rolling delays mean there is little chance travellers will make it to Sydney before 2017.
Can we trade them in for good used samples from EK?