The airline has been serving the Philippines since 1990 and inaugurated its first service to Clark in 2016. Its A380 made its first trip to the Philippines when it flew a one-off flight to Manila in 2014. Sethi added that Emirates hopes “to see it soon as a regular scheduled service to the country”.

Thai Airways retiring all six Airbus A380s Most significantly, Thai Airways plans to retire its fleet of six Airbus A380s. This makes Thai Airways the third airline to be retiring its entire A380 fleet, after Air France and Lufthansa. With such a small fleet of A380s, there wasn’t much efficiency to the fleet.

Fleet history

251 A380
The Last Built A380 The latest A380 delivery for EK took place in mid-December 2020. According to Airbus Orders & Deliveries data from March, EK had 123 Airbus A380 aircraft on order, with a total of 251 A380 aircraft being delivered.

Central Luzon
Central Luzon contains the largest plain in the country with its agricultural plains accounting for about 40% of the region’s area. It produces most of the country’s rice supply, earning itself the nickname “Rice Bowl of the Philippines or Rice Granary of the Philippines”.

Air France’s Airbus A380 Air France announced the immediate retirement of its Airbus A380 fleet in May, citing a fleet renewal that will see the airline shift focus to the smaller twin-engine aircraft in its fleet.

A Thai Airways first-class window seat. Thai’s flagship double-decker includes 12 first-class seats, 60 business-class seats and a whopping 435 economy seats. First class is located on the upper deck, and while seats aren’t terribly private, they’re perfectly comfortable for the 12+ hour flight to Europe.

Thai Airways International Fleet Details and History

An A380 has four engines, each of which provides around 356.81 kN (80,210 lbf) of thrust. Indeed, even flying the A380 under the power of two engines is something that Federal Aviation Regulations state should only be done in extreme cases.

The biggest difference between the two is size as the A380 is certainly much bigger than the 747. The Airbus A380 has a wingspan that is 15m longer to that of the 747. Because of the full length of the A380’s deck, it can accommodate way more passengers than the 747 without extending its length by much.

Central Luzon (Kapampangan: Kalibudtarang Luzon, Pangasinan: Pegley na Luzon, Tagalog: Gitnang Luzon, Ilocano: Tengnga ti Luzon), designated as Region III, is an administrative region in the Philippines, primarily serving to organize the 7 provinces of the vast central plains of the island of Luzon (the largest island) …

There were originally also 27 orders for the freighter version, the A380F, but when this programme was frozen following production delays, 20 A380F orders were cancelled and the remaining seven were converted to A380-800s. Data through 30 June 2021. Data from Airbus as of June 2021.

Experience royal elegance with the award-winning quality of THAI’s Royal Orchid Service on its state-of-the-art A380. This flagship jetliner flies on popular routes between Bangkok and Europe, and other destinations in Asia.

Like all seats on THAI’s A380, economy class seats have communications device connectivity, and personal interactive in-seat entertainment screens that provide virtually unlimited access to movies, information, music and gaming channels.