Amsterdam, Hamburg, Johannesburg, Madrid, Milan, and Sao Paulo have welcomed back the A380. All but Milan now operate seven-weekly, and Madrid, Milan, and Johannesburg will all see more A380 flights in the coming weeks. Twenty-five airports now see Emirates’ A380s, down from 52 in the same week in 2019. There is a long way to go.
Six more destinations again see the A380
October 31st, the start of the aviation winter season, saw Emirates once again deploy the A380 to Amsterdam, Hamburg, Johannesburg, Madrid, Milan Malpensa, Sao Paulo Guarulhos. This came about a week after the A380 was once again used to Düsseldorf.
The A380 served all of these destinations until March 2020, when the pandemic started to bite, and more restrictions came into effect. However, some were scheduled to see the A380 on a limited-time basis during the summer of 2020. Most of the six have been served for some years, as indicated by OAG:
- Johannesburg first saw Emirates’ A380 in October 2011
- Amsterdam in August 2012
- Milan in December 2014 (aside from two one-offs in 2011/2012)
- Madrid in August 2015
- Sao Paulo in March 2017 (and a one-off in November 2015)
- Hamburg in October 2018 (and a one-off in 2011)
Die A380 ist zurück! 🥳✈️
Viele Menschen lockte es heute bei sonnigem Wetter an den Flughafen. Der Grund dafür war ein großer bunter Vogel! ✈️😍 @Emirates ist ab heute wieder regelmäßig mit dem Airbus A380 in Hamburg. pic.twitter.com/CaqMSggRaV
— Hamburg Airport (@HamburgAirport) October 31, 2021
What flights do they operate?
In the current week, these six destinations have 41 departures from Dubai by the A380. All are seven-weekly except Milan, which is presently six-weekly. Milan will rise to daily from December when the aircraft will instead be on EK205, leaving Dubai at 09:05, in the primary Europe-bound bank of departures.
While the A380 exclusively serves Madrid and Sao Paulo, the other four also see the B777-300ER. In the current week, Milan welcomes seven-weekly B777-300ER flights (continuing to JFK), Amsterdam and Johannesburg three-weekly apiece, and Hamburg two-weekly.
- Johannesburg: EK761, leaving Dubai at 04:40; four-weekly A380 flights
- Madrid: EK141, leaving Dubai at 07:25; seven-weekly A380
- Amsterdam: EK147, 08:10; seven-weekly A380
- Hamburg: EK059, 08:50; seven-weekly A380
- Sao Paulo: EK261, 09:05; seven-weekly A380
- Johannesburg: EK763, 10:05; three-weekly A380
- Milan: EK091, 15:55; six-weekly A380
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25 airports see Emirates’ A380s this week
Twenty-five airports across Europe, North America, South America, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific now see Emirates’ A380s. This is down from 52 in the same week in 2019, OAG reveals, showing how much work there is still to do.
An important reason is a lack of service by the type to Asia-Pacific, with the recovery to this region slower than most. Currently, only Guangzhou sees the A380 and only once a week. In the examined week in 2019, 18 airports across Asia-Pacific saw the double-decker, with seven destinations having between 14 and 28 weekly departures from Dubai.
The Asia-Pacific recovery
It’ll be a slow, gradual recovery there, but it’ll be helped by more borders reopening, including Thailand and Australia. However, Australia is currently limited to Australian citizens and permanent residents and their families.
At the time of writing, Shanghai and Sydney will see the A380 in December, followed by Beijing, Hong Kong, Melbourne, and Perth in March. Expect things to change again.
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