Emirates 'reviewing' A380 order
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The biggest customer for Airbus' A380 superjumbo says it is reviewing its options after further delays to the plane.
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(InfoWorld) - An online auction of tickets for the first commercial A380 flight is nearing an end, with one bidder spending S$153,000 (US$101,514) for a first-class seat on the Singapore AirlinesÂ flight. WhenÂ the A380 takes to the skies next month, it will become the largest airliner in commercial use. Built by Airbus Industries, the aircraft will hold around 555 passengers in a typical configuration. However, Singapore Airlines -- the first to use the aircraft -- opted for a configuration that holds fewer than 480 passengers. Singapore Airlines auctioned off tickets for the first A380 flightÂ on eBay's Singaporean Web site, with all proceeds going to charity. With 24 seats left to sell on Sept. 20, the airline had sold 638 tickets for both legs of the Oct. 25 round-trip flight from Singapore to Sydney and raised S$1.9 million (US$1.26 million). That money will be split among several charities: Singapore's Community Chest; the Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, and The Children's Hospital at Westmead; and MÃ©decins Sans FrontiÃ¨res. The S$153,000 bid for a Singapore Airlines Suites ticket was the most expensive ticket sold during the auction, while an economy-class seat on the return leg from Sydney to Singapore was the cheapest ticket sold at S$853. By comparison, a single, round-trip ticket from Singapore to Sydney is priced at S$900 on the airline's Web site. Some tickets were sold in blocks, including a group of three Singapore Airlines Suites tickets, two business-class seats, and an economy-class ticket sold to a Singaporean bidder for S$85,280. Singapore Airlines said the largest percentage of successful bidders came from Australia, representing 15 percent of the total. Singapore came next at 11 percent, followed by the U.K. (6 percent), U.S. (4 percent), and Germany (3 percent). The youngest successful bidder was a San Francisco man who will turn 22 on the day of the flight, Singapore Airlines said. The oldest successful bidder was a 76-year-old man from Vancouver, it said. The airline said 2,000 bidders registered for the auction and paid a security deposit that qualified them to bid. Â
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Emirates is set to become the first airline to allow mobile phone calls in flight in a deal with Aeromobile.
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Qatar Airways announced an order for three Airbus A380 superjumbo airliners and confirmed an order for 80 mid-sized A350 aircraft on the first day of the Paris Air Show on Monday.
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British Airways  announced a  plane order worth $8.2 billion at list prices on Thursday,  including 12 A380 planes from Airbus  and 24 787  airliners from Boeing Co .
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MELBOURNE/PARIS  - The world's airlines were forced to review growth plans and investors hammered the shares of Airbus parent EADS  on Wednesday after the European planemaker announced more delays to its A380 superjumbo.
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European aircraft maker Airbus is facing further delays in the delivery of its A380 superjumbo airliner, for as much as six months, the financial newspaper Les Echos reported.
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The world's airlines were forced to review growth plans on Wednesday after Airbus parent EADS  again pushed back first delivery of its troubled A380 superjumbo.
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MELBOURNE/PARIS  - The world's airlines were forced to review growth plans on Wednesday after Airbus revealed more delays to its troubled A380 superjumbo, while the jetmaker's parent EADS  faced a threat to its key credit rating.
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An online auction of tickets for the first commercial A380 flight is nearing an end, with one bidder spending S$153,000 (US$101,514) for a first-class seat on the Singapore AirlinesÂ flight.
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The consortium trying to buy Australia's Qantas Airways apply to the government for a review of the offer.
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Irish airline Aer Lingus announced on Wednesday an order for 12 new Airbus airliners worth 2.4 billion dollars (1.78 billion euros) to boost its expansion on transatlantic routes.
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Deliveries of the Airbus A380 superjumbo passenger plane are set to be nearly two years behind their original schedule, the leading buyer of the jet, the Dubai-based airline Emirates, has revealed.
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The Gunners are delighted with their Â£100 million deal with the Dubai-based airline this week. But The Sun says Arsenal could have banked a total of Â£123m by separating the naming rights and shirt deal.
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The parent company of Airbus said its troubled A380 would face more delivery delays while it tackles wiring Âchallenges.Â
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The Airbus A380, the world's largest civilian airliner, is to receive its air worthiness certificate from US and European authorities on December 12, the Airbus test flight director has said.
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The billionaire Russian owner of Chelsea football club, Roman Abramovich, has ordered an Airbus A380, the world&#39;s biggest airliner, for use as his private jet, a report said Wednesday.