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  Thai Airways A380 First Flight

  Posted by Robert Wall 8:48 AM on Mar 06, 2012

  Airbus on March 6 completed the first flight of a Thai Airways A380, which is due for handover this year.The airline will become the second new A380 operator this year when it rece... Read More >>

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  Photos of Rolls-Royce Trent XWB in flight

  Posted by Guy Norris 3:31 AM on Feb 19, 2012

  Airborne at last, Rolls-Royce’s Trent XWB engine for the A350 XWB flew for the first time on an Airbus A380 testbed from Toulouse, France on Feb 19. The engine, which replace... Read More >>

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  A380 Inspections due for Singapore Airlines, Emirates, Air France

  Posted by Robert Wall 11:18 AM on Jan 20, 2012

  Lead A380 operator Singapore Airlines has the most A380s affected by the European Aviation Safety Agency's call for inspection of wing rib-feet on the aircraft, although the airlin... Read More >>

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  Boeing 787 second passenger flight - return to Japan

  Posted by Guy Norris 1:43 AM on Oct 28, 2011

  While waiting for my flight back to the US on Oct. 27 I had the chance to watch NH7872, ANA's return 787 flight to Japan, taxi and take-off from Hong Kong's Chek Lap Kok Internatio... Read More >>

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  China To Operate A380s Domestically: Madness

  Posted by Leithen Francis 1:28 AM on Sep 08, 2011

  China Southern Airlines has disclosed that it plans to operate a daily Airbus A380 service on the Guangzhou-Beijing and Guangzhou-Shanghai Hongqiao route starting Oct. 18 and Oct. ... Read More >>

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  KAL's Lucky New A380

  Posted by Jennifer Michels 3:22 AM on Aug 11, 2011

  I usually resist saying something good happened because it was luck, but that was exactly my thought as I headed home from JFK to Washington Dulles after a flight from Seoul on Kor... Read More >>

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  Airbus A380 At 50

  Posted by Robert Wall 12:35 PM on Jun 16, 2011

  Airbus today has delivered the 50th A380. The milestone aircraft went to Singapore Airlines, which was also the airline to receive the first A380 back in October 2007.It is the 12t... Read More >>

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  ATSB Has Better Understanding Of QF32 Oil Feed Pipe Crack Location

  Posted by Frank Jackman 2:54 PM on May 19, 2011

  In an interim factual report released the other day, the Australian Transport Safety Board essentially confirmed the sequence of events that led to the uncontained failure of one o... Read More >>

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  British Airways renews interest in 747-8?

  Posted by Guy Norris 6:14 PM on Apr 28, 2011

  Whether it’s the rising tempo of 747-8 flight tests in the U.S. or the fact some people in U.K. aviation circles have more time on their hands right now in the build-up to th... Read More >>

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  A380 Incident Video And ATC Audio

  Posted by Andrew Compart 3:00 PM on Apr 12, 2011

  The wing of an Air France Airbus A380 struck the tail of a Delta Air Lines regional jet--a Bombardier CRJ700--while taxiing last night, spinning the smaller jet nearly 90 degrees. ... Read More >>

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