Airbus Updates No.2677

Airbus A380	-861	115		F-HPJI	Air France	ferried 28may20 CDG-LDE for onward storage	ex F-WWSL
Airbus A380	-841	163		G-XLEH	British Airways	posn 21may20 LHR-MNL	ex F-WWSM
Airbus Canada A220	-371	55082		C-GJXW	Air Canada	delivery 23may20 YMX-YYZ

Airbus Updates No.2664

AIR FRANCE TO WITHDRAW AIRBUS A380 PERMANENTLY WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT 

AirFrance announced this afternoon (Wednesday) that it is withdrawing all of its A380’s from service permanently from today.

Having decided nealry a year ago not to spend the almost $US75m it would have taken to refurbish the aircraft interiors (they’re as delivered), the ailrine then said it would remove half of them on lease by 2022 and then the rest as appropriate, but likely by 2028.

Following the Covid19 pandemic, and the long road ahead to return to 2019 flight levels, the airline has decided to remove them immediately, making the largest aircraft in the airlines fleet its 773ER’s.

The aircraft are for the most part barely ten to eleven years old with the youngest just six.

Its an extremely sad day for aviation enthusiasts and must be deeply disheartening for those who spent millions of man hours assembling these huge aircraft, which should really have lasted at least thirty years.

Airbus Updates No.1110

Airbus A300  622R(F)  730     D-AEAR  EAT Leipzig  ferried 12sep13 CHR-LEJ after paint onto DHL cs  ex N4730
 Airbus A319  -112  734     YA-TTF  Safi Airways  delivery 12sep13 SNN-TZX-KBL  ex EI-FCG
 Airbus A319  -112  1618    N618MX  WFBN  ferried 06-08sep13 MZJ-BGR-KEF-SEN, all wh on delivery to?   ex D-AVWH
 Airbus A319  -111  3834     4L-FGA  flyGeorgia  last svc 11sep13 TBS-BRU, seized since  ex EI-EWF
 Airbus A320  -231  354     UR-CJO  Aviatrans-K  ferried 12sep13 DOK-THR on sale to?  ex N354BV
 Airbus A320  -232  2128     P4-PAS  Air Astana  ferried 13sep13 SEN-BOH for paint into?  ex D-ARFF
 Airbus A320  -214  2687    4K-AZ83  Azerbaijan Airlines Avia   ferried 12sep13 BAK-OSR for paint into new cs  ex D-ABDD
 Airbus A320  -214  2853     4K-AZ78  Azerbaijan Airlines Avia   ferried 12sep13 OSR-BAK after paint into new cs  ex D-ABDI
 Airbus A320  -232  5701     JA15JJ  Jetstar Japan  delivery 12sep13 TLS-AUH  ex F-WWBQ
Airbus A320  -214  5769     D-AIZY  Lufthansa  delivery 11sep13 XFW-FRA  ex D-AVVX
 Airbus A320  -214  5772     A6-ANS  Air Arabia  delivery 12sep13 XFW-SHJ  ex D-AVVY
Airbus A321  -231  5767     HL8280  Asiana  delivery 12sep13 XFW-OVB  ex D-AZAR
 Airbus A330  -322  127     CS-TRI  HiFly  posn 09/11sep13 BRU-SAW-ERZ on Hajj-Lease to AtlasJet, titl applied at SAW  ex D-AERQ
 Airbus A380  -861  115     F-HPJI  Air France  delivery 13sep13 XFW-CDG  ex F-WWSL