{"id":108943,"date":"2021-04-22T11:41:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T11:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=108943"},"modified":"2021-04-23T11:43:40","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T11:43:40","slug":"qantas-fleet-airbus-a380s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2021\/04\/qantas-fleet-airbus-a380s.html","title":{"rendered":"Qantas confident its fleet of Airbus A380\u2019s will return."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Whilst airline chiefs across the world are saying that there is no future for the A380 to return into service, Qantas<\/strong> feels confident that the superjumbo will return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alan Joyce, the chief executive of Qantas remains confident that the Airbus A380 superjumbo will remain an integral part of the airline\u2019s aircraft fleet \u2013 even as other airlines jettison the double-deck planes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also: <\/em><\/strong>Qantas unveils replica Boeing 747-200 first class lounge in a museum.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe think we will reactivate all of the A380s. We spent a lot of money on them. Once demand is there, they\u2019re going to be good aircraft\u201d, Joyce told a CAPA Live virtual conference last Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until that time arrives, Qantas\u2019 fleet of 12 Airbus A380\u2019s are currently sitting in long-term storage in the Mojave desert where they are likely to remain until 2024 when Joyce hopes travel demand will have returned to pre-pandemic levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also: <\/em><\/strong>Airbus A320neo, Boeing 737 MAX battle for billion-dollar Qantas order.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The desert is the ideal location for Qantas\u2019 A380\u2019s because the dry environment protects the aircraft from the damaging effects that humidity can wreak on a grounded plane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Mojave was picked over a similar storage facility near Alice Springs because engineers based at Los Angeles airport are just a two-hour drive away making routine maintenance a lot easier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The last of Qantas A380\u2019s flew to the desert last September after completing a multi-million-dollar retrofit in Dresden, Germany. The refresh included installing new Business Class seats and expanding the Premium Economy cabin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During conference, Joyce confirmed that Qantas still plans to resume international flights beyond New Zealand from October, despite delays of Australia\u2019s vaccination rollout which is seen as key to easing travel restrictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joyce, however, remained optimistic that rapid vaccination rollouts in the USA and UK both of which are key markets for Qantas would help the airline restart regularly scheduled international flights by the end of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Qantas has been operating special repatriation flights between London and Darwin where passengers spend two weeks in hotel quarantine before being allowed to return home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Airbus A380 has failed to win the confidence of many other operators, including Air France, which brought forward the aircraft\u2019s retirement early because of the pandemic. Etihad Airways has also said it will likely never fly the A380 again, while Singapore Airlines will retire seven of its A380\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both Lufthansa and Qatar Airways will keep their A380\u2019s in long term storage for the foreseeable future \u2013 and might not ever fly the planes again. Emirates, which is by far the largest operator of the A380, however, remains committed to the plane, as does British Airways which has no plans to retire its fleet ahead of schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Travel Daily<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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