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A Superjumbo flew the longest ever A380 flight and no one noticed
On December 19th, a Qantas Airbus A380-800 flew the longest ever A380 flight from Dresden to Sydney. The aircraft (reg. VH-OQH) called ‘Reginald Ansett’ took 18 hrs and 26 minutes and covered 16,105 kms to reach Sydney. But this flight was not part of Project Sunrise. The Airbus A380 was flying a non commercial service, with empty seats as well as it didn’t have cargo load. ‘Reginald Ansett’ spent the last few weeks in hall 285 at Dresden Airport to be upgraded with a new cabin. (www.airlive.net) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Howewer marvelous !
QUANTAS OUGHT to have sold some tickets on that flight- there is no rationalization that i would agree with for not selling to generate revenue, and think of the publicity: maybe an auction for seats, with some of the proceeds going to a popular social cause..
I ve been waiting to try out the new Business class "suites" in the 380.
Once the NSW fires go out (if ever) I can book our return YLW-SEA-LAX-SYD flights on this refurb bird or ..one of its sisters
Once the NSW fires go out (if ever) I can book our return YLW-SEA-LAX-SYD flights on this refurb bird or ..one of its sisters
Maybe they could convert an A380 as a fire tanker ala N744S with it's 18,000 cal capacity. I wonder what it could drop.
Line up 6 of those, 2 at a time to make run after run, seems like it would save a ton of houses, time and maybe only cost a little extra?
Seems that the aircraft flew over Kazakhstan, Afghanistan and Pakistan.