A380 tips

If you thought the concept of flying first class was dying out, think again.

With the holiday season coming up, what better gift to give your favorite Airbus A380 fan than an aluminum tag made from the great plane, all boxed up and authenticated? This aircraft “skin tag” is made from the recycled materials of a special plane, A6-EDA, the very first Airbus A380 delivered to Emirates Airlines in July 2008.

Thai Airways is selling its fleet of Airbus A380 planes.

The Airbus A380 is continuing its improbable comeback with the world’s leading airlines. Last month we got a look at Emirates popular new A380 Premium Economy cabin selected by more than 160,000 flyers. This month, Lufthansa announced that not only would its formerly parked A380 aircraft fly into the 2030s, but that it would upgrade them with a brand-new Business Class cabin.

Not long ago, it looked like the reign of the Airbus A380 as Queen of the Skies was ending. But one airline, Emirates, is not only bringing back its A380s with a vengeance but investing up to $2 billion dollars in refreshing its planes and instituting a whole new class of Premium Economy service.

Didn’t COVID-19 kill the jumbo jet? Not so fast.

Early this morning, an Etihad Airways plane took off from Abu Dhabi en route to London—but there was a distinct sense of excitement surrounding this flight. Leaving at 2:05 a.m., flight 11 marked the return of the carrier’s Airbus A380, a superjumbo aircraft that had been phased out of service.