Qantas Has Sent Its 4th Airbus A380 To Mojave’s Aircraft Graveyard
Qantas has delivered its fourth Airbus A380 to an aircraft storage facility in the Mojave as part of its plan to mothball its superjumbo fleet until demand returns. The aircraft took off from Melbourne and landed in a boneyard in the USA early this morning.
Where is the A380 flying?
The Qantas A380, tail number VH-OQH, took off from Melbourne (MEL) to Victorville (VCV). It is the fourth Qantas A380 to fly to this boneyard for long term storage
Qantas has another eight Airbus A380s (for a total of 12), currently displaced around the world.
- Four are now in California
- Two are in Dresden Germany
- One is in Abu Dhabi
- And the remaining A380s are spread around Australia
As for the reason why the A380 is flying to America…
What is the Qantas plan?
Qantas is a large international airline that, until recently, had a vast range of aircraft from the humble Boeing 737 to classic Boeing 747 and the Airbus A380, as mentioned above. However, when the aviation crisis struck, the carrier decided that it would need to hunker down for the foreseeable future.The plan is to become a smaller airline and focus mainly on Australian domestic travel (and potentially flights to New Zealand, although these plans are on the back burner for now).
To become smaller, the airline has put a plan in motion to mothball 100 aircraft across its fleet. This number is significant, considering that the airline only has 133 aircraft.
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