Tag: A380

  • Emirates A380’s Maiden Voyage?

    The hype about the Airbus A380 may have subsided, but it’s certainly not forgotten. Not by me anyway. After all that fanfare with Singapore Airlines’ A380, Emirates, the second airline set to receive the super jumbo is relatively quiet about is first commercial flight. Searching for news about its maiden flight led me to ArabianBusiness.com‘s…

  • SQ380 landed in Sydney’s Kingsford Smith Airport

    Flight SQ380, the first ever commercial flight of Singapore Airlines’ Airbus A380 landed today at Sydney’s Kingsford Smith Airport. All of its passengers are in agreement: the amount they paid for were well worth it, and that the superjumbo was surprisingly quiet. Some trivia about the first passengers of the maiden flight: The youngest customer…

  • Singapore Airlines receive first Airbus A380 delivery

    Singapore Airlines received the first commercial Airbus A380 today at Airbus’ headquarters in Toulouse, France. The A380 delivery also gives us a glimpes of Singapore Airline’s newest product, the Singapore Airline Suites, as well as improvements in business and economy class. Business Travel Guru has this to day about the new Singapore Airline Suites: Elegantly…

  • Did you see the Airbus A380 in Manila?

    Photo by Anton Lorenzo, used with permission If you didn’t, head on over to Anton Lorenzo’s flickr to see the A380 as it lands on NAIA. Or head on over to Yahoo and see the NAIA staff having their pictures taken with the A380 in the background XD Even more photos at the Pinoy Photography…

  • Airbus A380 in Melbourne

    I am an idiot. I knew all along what time the A380 was scheduled to touch down, but I still didn’t go on time gah, so all I got were these slightly obscured photos of the A380 docked at Tullamarine Airport.

  • From my inbox: A380 updates, Philippine passport renewal and Cebu Pacific’s latest promo

    G’day! I’ve been a bit busy settling this past few days in Melbourne. I know, I know, I’ve been here before so I should know how things work. But I actually haven’t really gone out yet, except for that trip to the market and to the Collingwood Children’s Farm (Wooly sheep! Cows with spots!). My…

  • A380 to land in NAIA on October 11 at 2:45pm

    The Daily Tribune gives us more details on the October 11 arrival of the world’s biggest commercial jet, as well as tips where to get the best view of the Airbus A380. Local aircraft enthusiasts will have a closer look at the super jumbo jet which is scheduled to arrive at 2:45 p.m. and land…

  • Confirmed: A380 in the Philippines in October

    I guess those guys really knew what they were talking about 😀 MSN009’s third tour will take it to Dubai, Melbourne and the Philippine cities of Manila and Luzon from 8-13 October. From Toulouse the jet will then travel again to Bogota, before heading for Vancouver in Canada and Osaka in Japan from 15-19 October.…

  • A380 to land in Clark?!

    Found the link to this forum over at PEX: Confirmed test A/C A380 will be in Manila Oct 11 and Clark on Oct 12 – plane is full of test equipment so no rides – they want to prove out airports for Bupac. Prepare your gear. Oh, there’s a disclaimer too: word of mouth among…