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The accident aircraft, registration N14053, [6] was an Airbus A300 B4-605R delivered new to American Airlines on 12 July 1988. The aircraft's first flight was on 9 December 1987 and it was the first "R" model A300-600 built.
Air France was the first airline to completely remove all A380s from its fleet, followed closely by Thai Airways and China Southern Airlines. This particular aircraft was involved in the Air France Flight 066 accident in 2017. Thai Airways was the shortest operator of the A380, only operating the type for 8-9 years.
The result was the fifth largest US-based airline in terms of revenue. [38] The merger was completed on November 4, 2007. While America West was the nominal survivor, the merged airline retained the US Airways name, since studies indicated that "US Airways" had better brand recognition worldwide than did "America West". [39]
For now, however, the type still has some life left in it, and is even flying to one of the world’s most challenging destinations, Antarctica: Charter airline HiFly is operating flights to the ...
An American Airlines flight made an emergency landing at its departure airport in Columbus, Ohio, Sunday morning after a bird allegedly struck the engine. “Mayday. Mayday. Mayday, American 1958 ...
The Airbus A380 is a very large wide-body airliner, developed and produced by Airbus. It is the world's largest passenger airliner and the only full-length double-deck jet airliner. Airbus studies started in 1988, and the project was announced in 1990 to challenge the dominance of the Boeing 747 in the long-haul market. The then-designated A3XX ...
A Qantas Airbus A380 took a 10-second "nosedive" Sunday evening, passengers said, after flying through the wake turbulence generated by another Qantas A380. Qantas Flight 94 was less than two ...
Global Airlines Limited is a British startup airline aiming to begin operations from London Gatwick to New York and Los Angeles in 2025, using a fleet of four Airbus A380s. [3] The company purchased its first aircraft in May 2023 and claims to be the first new Airbus A380 owner in eight years. [ 4 ]