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A380 and B787
New giants
of the skies
climb high
Despite a shaky start, the A380 superjumbo is now
becoming a more common sight in the skies. Gary
Noakes assesses how it is faring, and looks forward to
Boeing
the next major aircraft launch, Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner
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ext Friday at the Airbus factory route to Australia already plied with the
in Toulouse, another handover A380 since March by Singapore Airlines.
ceremony takes place as the As of September 20, Singapore Airlines
newest A380 superjumbo rolls goes double-daily with the A380 from
off the production line. Heathrow, meaning that only one of its three
The A380 may have been dogged by daily frequencies from London – the 18.30
delays, but the world’s largest commercial departure – is still flown on a Boeing 747.
airliner is now being produced thick and By early next year, all the A380s in use
fast. The proud owner this time is Qantas, will find themselves in Australia at some
which has followed Singapore Airlines and point in their schedules. Emirates has put
Emirates in receiving its first batch of the its first one on to the Dubai-New York route,
double-deckers. but will introduce its second on to
Qantas will spend a month showing off its Heathrow-Dubai on December 1, extending Both the Airbus A380 (top) and the Boeing 787 Dreamliner (above) have be
new baby before putting it into service on that to Sydney and Auckland on February 1.
October 20 on the Melbourne-Los Angeles Emirates is by far the A380’s biggest the French nor German flag-carrier has yet
route followed by Sydney-LA on October 24. disciple, with a massive order for 58, which revealed where they will fly it.
Two more A380s will be delivered to Qantas should all be delivered by 2013. The A380 is often mentioned in the same
by the end of the year, and by early next Next year will see a total of 21 deliveries breath as the world’s other major new
year they will appear at Heathrow, offering of the A380 to the three carriers and to new aircraft, Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner, which is
the traditional London-Singapore-Sydney customers Air France and Lufthansa. Neither due to make its maiden flight by the end of
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