One grounded Superjumbo A380 needs 4,500 hours work to fly again"Just to wake up an A380 is 4,500 hours, or two months, of manpower. That's 10 engineers working for two months in the Mojave Desert - for ...
25 Oct, 2022, 06.47 AM IST
Qatar Airways expects to keep A380 fleet grounded for several years"We don't think we are going to operate our A380s for at least the next couple of years," Akbar al-Baker told an online conference.
19 Oct, 2020, 05.33 PM IST
Mumbai airport fit for Airbus A380 landing: DGCAInternational Civil Aviation Organisation rules say an airport has to have among other things a runway width of 60 meters to be Code F cert...
28 Feb, 2014, 08.57 AM IST
Airbus 380s to finally wing their way to IndiaThe ministry of civil aviation will likely this week or early next approve the operations of the Airbus A380 planes into some of India’s ai...
20 Dec, 2013, 10.57 AM IST
- Qantas begins legal action against Rolls-Royce over A380s
Australia's Qantas said on Thursday it had begun court proceedings to allow it to pursue legal action against Rolls-Royce if necessary, aft...
02 Dec, 2010, 01.22 PM IST
- Qantas grounds Boeing 747 after engine failure
Australian carrier Qantas, beset by a series of incidents, grounded another Boeing 747 after an engine failure.
28 Nov, 2010, 01.01 PM IST
- Singapore Airlines tests find no problems with A380 engines
Singapore Airlines found no problems with the Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines used in the carrier's Airbus A380 superjumbo planes in its insp...
08 Nov, 2010, 03.01 PM IST
- Lufthansa receives first Airbus A380
European planemaker Airbus delivered Deutsche Lufthansa AG its first A380 superjumbo on Wednesday, allowing Germany's biggest airline to tr...
19 May, 2010, 04.45 PM IST
- Emirates gets 2nd late A380, expects 2 more in '08
Emirates Airlines says it received its second Airbus A380 and remains on schedule to get two more of the delay-plagued double-decker planes...
26 Oct, 2008, 02.56 PM IST
- Singapore Airlines collects fifth Airbus jet
Singapore Airlines has taken delivery of its fifth Airbus A380 superjumbo which will be used for its Singapore-London service starting on J...
30 Jun, 2008, 10.10 AM IST
- Singapore Airlines collects fifth Airbus jet
Singapore Airlines has taken delivery of its fifth Airbus A380 superjumbo which will be used for its Singapore-London service starting on J...
30 Jun, 2008, 12.00 AM IST
- Fuel glitch grounds SIA’s A380
Singapore airlines grounded a second Airbus A380 aircraft for a fuel pump problem on Monday night, delaying Sydney-bound passengers who had...
27 Mar, 2008, 01.06 AM IST
- Singapore Airlines flies the A380 to London
A Singapore Airlines A380, the world's biggest airplane, took off Tuesday from Singapore for London on its first commercial flight to Europ...
18 Mar, 2008, 08.38 AM IST
- Bidders pay $1.3 mn for seats on first A380 flight
Bidders have paid almost two million Singapore dollars ($1.32 million) for seats on the first commercial flight of the super jumbo Airbus A...
13 Sep, 2007, 12.10 PM IST
- 'Bidders pay $ 1.3 mn for seats on A380 flight'
Bidders have paid almost two million Singapore dollars (1.32 million US) for seats on the first commercial flight of the super jumbo Airbus...
13 Sep, 2007, 11.35 AM IST
- Emirates cancels Airbus orders
Emirates, the largest Arab airline, has cancelled an order for as many as 20 long-range Airbus A340-600 aircraft, ending a delay in the del...
01 Nov, 2006, 12.36 AM IST
- Big plane, bigger obstacles, yet Airbus needs the superjumbo
The Airbus A380 was always going to be a giant plane. Now it is turning into a giant headache. The world’s largest passenger plane seems to...
19 Sep, 2006, 12.03 AM IST