Airbus A380 update

Qantas Airways is likely to face several more weeks of disruption before its fleet of six Airbus A380s can return to service, Reuters reports from ‘down under’.  This might impinge on its Christmas capacity with the airline’s Boeing 747s for the most part already scheduled.  The Boeings, in various configurations, have as many as 150 seats less than the big Airbus.

Rumours also abound that Airbus could be suing Rolls-Royce but this is a doubled edged sword as the airframe  manufacture has clearly not met its contracted delivery dates over the last three years. 

Singapore Airlines says its A380 fleet are all back in service and Lufthansa, the third current operator notes that only one engine needs to be changed. www.qantas.com

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