Airlines assessing A380 position
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Leading airlines are reviewing their options after Airbus announces further delays to its flagship A380 plane.
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European aircraft manufacturer Airbus SAS plans to include in its new Superjumbo A380 planes an optional voice and data system that can allow passengers to use their mobile devices in flight. The service, including onboard mobile telephony and Internet access for passengers, will be offered through the OnAir joint venture to airline companies purchasing the A380. The system could be fitted on other models from Airbus as well as on planes from U.S. rival Boeing. The service should become commercially available in 2006, Airbus and OnAir said.
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British Airways and other airlines will meet with government officials to discuss security measures.
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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 said.
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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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European aircraft maker Airbus is facing further delays in the delivery of its A380 superjumbo airliner, for as much as six months, a newspaper reported.
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The Airbus A380 started a global circumnavigation which will take in the South and North Poles on the last of a series of test flights before it applies for its air safety certificate.
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Three down and one to go, how's the flight path looking?
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The Airbus A380 superjumbo is five tonnes overweight but this is less than one percent of its maximum weight and airlines are not worried, John Leahy, commercial director at Airbus, said on Tuesday.
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Singapore Airlines Ltd. and Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd. said Wednesday the latest delay in the delivery of the Airbus A380 superjumbo was disappointing and that they were assessing the impact of the postponement on their capacity needs.
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Aviation authorities were set  on Tuesday to declare Airbus's mammoth new A380 aircraft safe  for commercial flight, capping six years of development for the  world's largest airliner, which has been hit by production  delays.
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Airbus and its parent company EADS could disclose new delivery delays for the A380 superjumbo as well as a restructuring plan for the aircraft manufacturer following a meeting of EADS directors.
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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$100,380) for a first-class seat on the Singapore Airlines Ltd. flight.
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Thai Airways International plans to buy six Airbus A380 double-decker aircraft that will be delivered in 2008 and 2009. The airline is also ordering two additional A340 aircraft.
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Travel: Airline travellers could face disruption at Christmas as union confirms call for ballot on industrial action.
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By LAURENCE FROST PARIS - The Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger jet, took to the sky with a full load of passengers for the first time Monday, and the European aircraft maker announced further management changes in the wake of costly delays to the $13 billion jet program.
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Airbus management began to outline a giant restructuring plan to employees following problems with its A380 superjumbo jet amid signs of political concern about the consequences of a major overhaul.