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On July 13th a video surfaced of the aftermath aboard the upper deck lounge of an Emirates A380. According to  Paddle your own Kanoo , the incident is said to have taken place on Friday, July 12th. The flight was reportedly Emirates flight EK449 from Dubai to Auckland, New Zealand. Emirates has 111 Airbus A380 aircraft. Photo: Wikimedia Commons We can see in the video (below) that serving trolleys lie sideways with their contents spilled. Trays of cakes and sandwiches can be seen all over the floor, along with bottles of water and alcohol. It’s predictable that unsecured items like these would be strewn about in a case of turbulence. However, seeing a piece of an exit sign cracked and on the floor truly demonstrates the severity of this particular incident. Below is the original video of the incident: Seref Sezgin @SEREF737 Severe turbulence hit an A380 Emirates SEVERE TURBULENCE hit an A380 Emirates flying from Auckland to Dubai yesterday, flight...

Air Senegal is operating  Hi Fly ‘s only Airbus A380 on a flight between Paris and Dakar today. According to the Paris Aeroport website, the flight will depart Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) at 07:45 pm arriving at Dakar’s Blaise Diagne International Airport (DSS) at 11:35 pm. The Hi Fly Airbus A380 will fly from CDG to DSS today. Photo: Hi Fly. What are the details? According to  Aviation24.be , Air Senegal typically operates an Airbus A330-900 on Flight HC404 between Paris and Dakar. This aircraft, Air Senegal’s only Airbus A330-900 (9H-SZN), is operated by Hi Fly Malta. However, apparently the plane is experiencing technical difficulties and is currently located in Dakar, which has meant that the airline had to find a replacement for the route. This is exactly where one of Hi Fly’s other aircraft, its A380 (9H-MIP), comes into play. As reported by  Simple Flying , the Hi Fly A380 is used as a wet-lease aircraft. This means that Hi Fly provides the ...

Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA) today took delivery of its initial A380, which will serve the popular Japan-to-Hawaii routing – and is appropriately painted in a special livery depicting the Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle, also known as the Honu.  ANA becomes the world’s 15 th  operator – and Japan’s first – of this widebody passenger aircraft. It has ordered a total of three  A380 s. Powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines, the jetliner features ANA’s very latest in-flight entertainment systems, as well as full connectivity in all classes. It will enable the airline to almost double the capacity between Japan and the U.S. island state of Hawaii, generating value for the airline. As the world’s largest and most spacious passenger aircraft, the A380 will be operated on ANA’s popular Japan-to-Hawaii route “This marks a new milestone in our relationship with ANA – our longest-standing customer in Japan,” said Tom Enders, Airbus Chief Executive Officer, during today’s deli...