Merged: QF to receive first A380 Sept 19
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Merged: QF to receive first A380 Sept 19
From Airline Transport World . . .
Qantas said yesterday that it will take delivery of its first A380 on Sept. 19 in Toulouse. It will fly the aircraft to Singapore and then to Sydney, where it is scheduled to arrive on Sept. 21. GM John Borghetti said QF will operate its first A380 commercial flight from Melbourne to Los Angeles on Oct. 20 and will operate a Sydney-LAX flight on Oct. 24. It plans to take delivery of three A380s by year end and has a total of 20 on order. It plans to launch Sydney-Singapore-London Heathrow in early 2009.
by Geoffrey Thomas
Qantas said yesterday that it will take delivery of its first A380 on Sept. 19 in Toulouse. It will fly the aircraft to Singapore and then to Sydney, where it is scheduled to arrive on Sept. 21. GM John Borghetti said QF will operate its first A380 commercial flight from Melbourne to Los Angeles on Oct. 20 and will operate a Sydney-LAX flight on Oct. 24. It plans to take delivery of three A380s by year end and has a total of 20 on order. It plans to launch Sydney-Singapore-London Heathrow in early 2009.
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Must be Sunfish.
Couldn't be payload related to the MEL-LAX sector. That would represent a sensible plan.
P.S. Anyone know relative payloads MEL-LAX-MEL 747-400 Heavy v. A380?
Couldn't be payload related to the MEL-LAX sector. That would represent a sensible plan.
P.S. Anyone know relative payloads MEL-LAX-MEL 747-400 Heavy v. A380?
Last edited by Wod; 11th Aug 2008 at 07:15. Reason: Add postscript
I believe that the A380 range is about the same as the B744ER so it will not be payload restricted on the MEL-LAX sector but will not be able to carry full pax plus full freight on the LAX-MEL sector.
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The mix of cargo carried on the MEL-LAX sector, is no where near the amount carried on the MEL-SIN sector of QF9. On the LAX flight we are hardly ever near MZFW, but on the SIN sector it is quite often up near MZFW. So with what we are carrying at the moment ex MEL i'm not expecting too many, if any payload restrictions. I guess we'll find out soon as we receive more info on the A380.
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Qf A380
what has happened to QF's fourth & fifth A380?
Apparently Airbus accidently backed an A320 into the tail carbon fibre horizontal stabiliser box section causing a lot of damage! Doh!
Nbr 5 was parked outside and it has been damaged by hail extensively! Doh!
Apparently Airbus accidently backed an A320 into the tail carbon fibre horizontal stabiliser box section causing a lot of damage! Doh!
Nbr 5 was parked outside and it has been damaged by hail extensively! Doh!
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Of those already finished the A380 course, none (as far as I know) have come from the B744 and all have come from the A330. Most of the A330 guys have, of course, previous B744 time. 
B744/B743 converts start in a month or so and will be available to crew aircraft #3 onwards.
B744/B743 converts start in a month or so and will be available to crew aircraft #3 onwards.
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For those interested....painted in QF colours.
Photos: Airbus A380-841 Aircraft Pictures | Airliners.net
Photos: Airbus A380-841 Aircraft Pictures | Airliners.net
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Maybe because Dubai isn't a QF market and Singapore is. Even if SQ has had them for a while, QF will be keen to show off the new toy in one of its major markets. Who would QF be showing it off to in Dubai (given that Dubai is not currently a QF market)? Whether or not QF should be operating to Dubai is clearly a topic for another thread.
One suspects QF will have the press and other hangers-on crawl all over it during its stopover.
Also Dubai will not be an operational station, whereas Singapore is - so it might be better to get as much experience into one of the main stations as possible.
Also, whilst SQ have been the only kids with the new toy for a while now, going through WSSS is an opportunity to make it public that their solo run's now over.
The Great Circle track for Toulouse-Sydney is also shorter via Singapore than via Dubai so you're saving gas on a non-revenue flight (Airbus fill the tanks prior to departure but you may as well try to save as much of that as you can).
What does surprise me, is that QF is not trying another record-breaker delivery a la VH-OJA back in 1989.
Great news for Qantas. Why bother going via Singers , they have had the upper hand for a while now. Why not go via Dubai? Too many hornets in the UAE?
One suspects QF will have the press and other hangers-on crawl all over it during its stopover.
Also Dubai will not be an operational station, whereas Singapore is - so it might be better to get as much experience into one of the main stations as possible.
Also, whilst SQ have been the only kids with the new toy for a while now, going through WSSS is an opportunity to make it public that their solo run's now over.
The Great Circle track for Toulouse-Sydney is also shorter via Singapore than via Dubai so you're saving gas on a non-revenue flight (Airbus fill the tanks prior to departure but you may as well try to save as much of that as you can).
What does surprise me, is that QF is not trying another record-breaker delivery a la VH-OJA back in 1989.
Who cares what the A380 looks like from the outside.
It's what it looks like from the inside that matters.
Those extremely large cruise ships don't look very flattering from the outside but boy! is the inside a bit swish.
When the pax are sitting inside enjoying the extra room and great facilities do you really think they would give a damn about how the outside looks .
It's not necessarily designed to look good it's designed to be very functional .
As Mae West once said " good looks certainly help but good , big , well functioning bits are better "
It's what it looks like from the inside that matters.
Those extremely large cruise ships don't look very flattering from the outside but boy! is the inside a bit swish.
When the pax are sitting inside enjoying the extra room and great facilities do you really think they would give a damn about how the outside looks .
It's not necessarily designed to look good it's designed to be very functional .
As Mae West once said " good looks certainly help but good , big , well functioning bits are better "
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Who cares what the A380 looks like from the outside.
It's what it looks like from the inside that matters.
It's what it looks like from the inside that matters.
The comments about the interior pics shown so far have certainly been unambiguous
