19 March 2024

13 thoughts on “Start of Airbus A380 services to Perth delayed to March 2014

  1. Interesting observation re the 777 – in the 300ER Emirates configure with 10 across using 17.5 inch wide seats. SQ use 19 inch seats 9 abreast, as do Virgin on the same aircraft. Cathay has 18.5 inch 9 abreast and Delta has 18.5 9 abreast (200ER).

  2. It is now July 2014. When will the A380 be ready to fly into Perth? The 777 are terrible for such a long haul flight.

  3. Hi,

    My family and I are flying to New York in October 2014.
    Will the A380 be flying then?

    1. Please refer to this updated article

      Quoted from an article on news website WA Today, dated 23 June 2014:
      “An Emirates spokeswoman declined to say whether the airline still planned to bring an A380 to Perth.
      “Emirates is continually in dialogue with airports around the world and is always assessing its operations, however there is nothing to announce at this stage regarding the possibility of operating an A380 to Perth,” she said.”

      Regards,
      David Eyre

  4. I am flying emirates from perth to dubai on the 20th march but it seems mine is the standard 777 ??? and yes they are uncomfortable planes and the A380s are superior for space .. am bummed its not the A380

    1. Hi Deborah,
      The A380 services were allocated official departure slots from 29 March, but these may or may not be taken up. There has been no official confirmation of A380 start date from Emirates and their booking system still shows Boeing 777-300ER aircraft throughout the year.
      Regards,
      David Eyre

  5. Will any airline be offering premium economy for passengers flying out of perth to asia and europe

    1. Hi Phil,
      From Perth, a number of airlines offer seats with extra legroom – usually those near the forward bulkheads of each cabin section, and at emergency exits, but these are not ‘premium economy’.
      Some of the low-cost airlines offer their version of “business class”, which is similar in some ways to premium economy on the full-cost airlines – AirAsia X for example.
      China Southern offers premium economy seats out of Perth to Guangzhou and Beijing, and onwards to Europe.
      Cathay Pacific offers premium economy only on selected examples of their A330-300 aircraft.
      I don’t know of any others.
      Regards,
      David

    1. Hi Anthony,
      Media reports indicated that Emirates would commence A380 services on the EK420 service from 1 March 2013, but there has not yet been any official confirmation of this from Emirates. A check of the Emirates booking system does not yet show any A380 services in 2014.
      However, I am told that Emirates is the main user of the new A380-capable airbridge that recently opened, albeit with Boeing 777-300ER aircraft.
      Regards,
      David Eyre

    2. Hi tony smith again..willthe a380 be flying from perth for my return journy on 5th may.hop e so as the 777 we flewon coming out here was about the most uncomforable thing I have ever traveled on.

      1. Hi Tony,
        We have no further A380 updates at the moment, but will update this website as soon as we hear anything.
        Regards,
        David Eyre

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