Qantas names its Airbus A380 fleet after famous Australians (in aviation)

Qantas Airlines named its future fleet of 20 Airbus A380 aircrafts after famous Australians in aviation.
From Asia Travel Tips -
The full list of people who will have an A380 named after them are:
• Nancy-Bird Walton – the first woman to fly a commercial aviation service in Australia.• Hudson Fysh – one of the founders [...]

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Good News Everyone: Qantas receives its first Airbus A380 (with Video)

September 21st 2008, Sydney got its first landing by an Airbus A380 with Qantas’ first A380 delivery.
Some highlights of the event -

Like Father like son – Captain Peter Probert flew the plane (his father flew the first Boeing 747 into Australia in 1971)
Flight – Flew from Toulouse, France (Friday night) and landed in Sydney about [...]

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Good News Everyone: Singapore Airlines recieves its 6th A380

Singapore Airlines announced that on Thursday September 18th 2008, it received its 6th Airbus A380 from Airbus. The airline is supposed to use the super jumbo jet for a second daily flight between Singapore and London.

It is good news for Airbus and Airbus Investors since the company seems to be sticking to its delivery target [...]

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Emirates’ Airbus A380 has the first showers in the sky!

I was wondering what would Emirates do the top the Singapore Airlines’ luxury first class cabin – well, they came up with the first showers in the sky.

The video starts from the showers/spa and shows the lounge/bar area of the Emirates Airlines’ new Airbus A380. Simply Spectacular!!!!

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Middle East – Where airlines don’t care about saving money!

All over the world – in Europe, Asia*, Americas, Africa and Australia, airlines are struggling against rising fuel costs, trying to find opportunities to cut costs and make more money. But there is one region where fuel is not a concern and money is not an issue, the middle east. Airlines in middle east – [...]

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World’s Most Expensive Private Jets

In 2007, Forbes had an article for the priciest private jets (with a slide show).
The world’s priciest private jets are -Airbus A380$300 million-plusUnnamed Middle Eastern Head of State (Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud?)New York-based jet-interior expert Edése Doret is doing the interiors for $100 million
Boeing 747-8$270 million-$280 millionFour people (subjet to FAA’s non commerical approval)
Boeing [...]

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Jet Fuel: Greener Future Ahead?

Lufthansa, Europe’s second largest airline. has announced plans to mix biofuels with conventional jet kerosene as part of their environmental strategy. Main points from their announcement -

Lufthansa intends to use as much as 10% biofuel (made from non-food sources, not algae) by 2020.
They also aim to cut carbon dioxide emissions per km flown by 25% [...]

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Get ready for the first A380 service to US

Emirates Airline, Dubai, UAE based airlines, has announced that it would launch a nonstop service between Dubai and New York on August 1st 2008 on an Airbus A380 superjumbo jet plane. It is the largest customer of Airbus A380 with 58 orders of which 4 will be delivered in 2008.This is very exciting, since this [...]

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Airbus: More Problems?

At the annual shareholder’s meeting in Amsterdam, Louis Gallois, the chief of European Aeronautics Defence and Space (EADS), told shareholders that “There are still significant levels of execution risk”.
A380 and A400M, both the plane programs have been hit by delays which are reported to be worth a loss of billions of Euros. Obviously, the shareholders [...]

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Airbus 380: Inside the Singapore’s A380

Couple of things to notice in the video -

Check the take off – The other planes on the runways look tiny.
Check the screen size for economy class, business class and Suites = WOW!

It does make a lot of other airlines’ first/envoy/business class look ordinary!

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