/reeve.gif)
https://www.paddleyourownkanoo.com/2020 ... nd-pilots/Emirates to Permanently Decommission 40% of Airbus A380 Fleet, Axe Nearly a Third of Cabin Crew and Pilots
17TH MAY 2020
Emirates is said to be drawing up plans to permanently decommission 40 per cent of its Airbus A380 superjumbo fleet
with a final decision likely to be officially announced within days according to several sources said to be familiar with the matter.
The Dubai-based airline, which is by far the world’s largest operator of the A380 superjumbo,
grounded its entire 115-strong fleet of double-deck planes on March 25
due to travel restrictions imposed by the government in response of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A total of 46 Airbus A380’s have now been earmarked to be permanently retired and may never fly passengers ever again.
The decision comes less than two weeks after Sir Tim Clark,
the longtime President of Emirates declared “the A380 is over”.
Emirates will resume regularly scheduled passenger flights to just nine destinations on May 21
but has walked back plans to restart services to as many as 150 cities by mid-July 2020.
All flights are being operated by Boeing 777 aircraft
and Sir Tim has said the future for Emirates’ fleet is the Airbus A350 and Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft.
...and
https://www.paddleyourownkanoo.com/2020 ... nd-pilots/
has lots more...