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Air France was the first airline to completely remove the A380 from its fleet, followed closely by Malaysia Airlines and Thai Airways. 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 7 years
Airline configurations range from Korean Air's 407 passengers to Emirates' two-class 615 seats [216] and average around 480–490 seats. [217] [218] Air Austral's proposed 840 passenger layout has not come to fruition. The A380's interior illumination system uses bulbless LEDs in the cabin, cockpit, and cargo decks.
The A380-800 layout with 519 seats displayed (16 First, 92 Business and 411 Economy) The Airbus A380 features two full-length decks, each measuring 49.9 metres (164 ft). The upper deck has a slightly shorter usable length of 44.93 metres (147.4 ft) due to the front fuselage curvature and the staircase.
The airline took delivery of its first Airbus A300 in 1997, and its first Airbus A320 in February 1999. In 2001, Qatar Airways ordered two Airbus A380 aircraft, becoming the ninth operator of the type. The first A380 was delivered in 2014. The airline also added Airbus A321s, Airbus A330s, and Airbus A340s from 2004 to 2006.
A Boeing 707 and Boeing 747-200 at Longreach's Qantas Founders Outback Museum. Qantas has had a varied fleet since the airline's inception. Following its foundation shortly after the end of the First World War, the first aircraft to serve in the fleet was the Avro 504K, a small biplane.
The design not only makes the A380 look more like a luxurious hotel than an airliner but also shows Emirates' dedication to the disappearing aircraft.
Some airlines omit the row number 13, reputedly because of a widespread superstition that the number is unlucky. This is the case with Lufthansa, for example (as shown on the Lufthansa A321/100 seating plan). Emirates used to have a row 13, but on their latest A380 aircraft have removed it (as shown on Emirates A380-800 seating plan).
In 2016, the airline confirmed that one A380 would be returned to its leasing company in October 2017 at the end of its ten-year lease, with a decision still to be made regarding retention of four additional A380 aircraft whose leases expire between January and June 2018. [44] The first A380 was taken out of service in August 2017. [45]