Where does the Airbus A380 fly? Q4 2017 network update

Routesonline provides an update on the operations of the Airbus A380. We also reveal the network size of each operator and the top destinations served by the aircraft type.

Q4 2017 network update


Air France (AF)

Paris (CDG) – Abidjan (ABJ)
Paris (CDG) – Atlanta (ATL)
Paris (CDG) – Johannesburg (JNB)
Paris (CDG) – Los Angeles (LAX)
Paris (CDG) – Mexico City (MEX)
Paris (CDG) – New York (JFK)
Paris (CDG) – San Francisco (SFO)
Paris (CDG) – Shanghai (PVG)
Paris (CDG) – Washington (IAD)

Air France


Asiana Airlines (OZ)

Seoul (ICN) – Barcelona (BCN)
Seoul (ICN) – Frankfurt (FRA)
Seoul (ICN) – Hong Kong (HKG)
Seoul (ICN) – Los Angeles (LAX)
Seoul (ICN) – New York (JFK)
Seoul (ICN) – Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD)
Seoul (ICN) – Tokyo Narita (NRT)

Asiana A380


British Airways (BA)

London (LHR) – Boston (BOS)
London (LHR) – Hong Kong (HKG)
London (LHR) – Johannesburg (JNB)
London (LHR) – Los Angeles (LAX)
London (LHR) – Miami (MIA)
London (LHR) – San Francisco (SFO)
London (LHR) – Singapore (SIN)

British Airways


China Southern Airlines (CZ)

Guangzhou (CAN) – Beijing (PEK)
Guangzhou (CAN) – Los Angeles (LAX)
Guangzhou (CAN) – Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD)

China Southern


Emirates (EK)

Auckland (AKL) – Brisbane (BNE)
Auckland (AKL) – Melbourne (MEL)
Auckland (AKL) – Sydney (SYD)
Bangkok (BKK) – Hong Kong (HKG)
Bangkok (BKK) – Sydney (SYD)
Christchurch (CHC) – Sydney (SYD)
Dubai (DXB) – Amsterdam (AMS)
Dubai (DXB) – Auckland (AKL)
Dubai (DXB) – Bahrain (BAH)
Dubai (DXB) – Bangkok (BKK)
Dubai (DXB) – Barcelona (BCN)
Dubai (DXB) – Beijing (PEK)
Dubai (DXB) – Birmingham (BHX)
Dubai (DXB) – Brisbane (BNE)
Dubai (DXB) – Casablanca (CMN)
Dubai (DXB) – Copenhagen (CPH)
Dubai (DXB) – Duesseldorf (DUS)
Dubai (DXB) – Frankfurt (FRA)
Dubai (DXB) – Guangzhou (CAN)
Dubai (DXB) – Hong Kong (HKG)
Dubai (DXB) – Jeddah (JED)
Dubai (DXB) – Johannesburg (JNB)
Dubai (DXB) – Kuala Lumpur (KUL)
Dubai (DXB) – Kuwait (KWI)
Dubai (DXB) – London Gatwick (LGW)
Dubai (DXB) – London Heathrow (LHR)
Dubai (DXB) – Los Angeles (LAX)
Dubai (DXB) – Madrid (MAD)
Dubai (DXB) – Manchester (MAN)
Dubai (DXB) – Mauritius (MRU)
Dubai (DXB) – Melbourne (MEL)
Dubai (DXB) – Milan (MXP)
Dubai (DXB) – Moscow (DME)
Dubai (DXB) – Mumbai (BOM)
Dubai (DXB) – Munich (MUC)
Dubai (DXB) – New York (JFK)
Dubai (DXB) – Nice (NCE)
Dubai (DXB) – Paris (CDG)
Dubai (DXB) – Perth (PER)
Dubai (DXB) – Prague (PRG)
Dubai (DXB) – Rome (FCO)
Dubai (DXB) – San Francisco (SFO)
Dubai (DXB) – Sao Paulo (GRU)
Dubai (DXB) – Seoul (ICN)
Dubai (DXB) – Shanghai (PVG)
Dubai (DXB) – Singapore (SIN)
Dubai (DXB) – Sydney (SYD)
Dubai (DXB) – Taipei (TPE)
Dubai (DXB) – Tokyo (NRT)
Dubai (DXB) – Toronto (YYZ)
Dubai (DXB) – Vienna (VIE)
Dubai (DXB) – Washington (IAD)
Dubai (DXB) – Zurich (ZRH)
Melbourne Airport (MEL) – Singapore (SIN)
Milan (MXP) – New York (JFK)

Emirates Airline


Etihad Airways (EY)

Abu Dhabi (AUH) – London (LHR)
Abu Dhabi (AUH) – Melbourne (MEL)
Abu Dhabi (AUH) – New York (JFK)
Abu Dhabi (AUH) – Paris (CDG)
Abu Dhabi (AUH) – Sydney (SYD)

Etihad A380


Korean Air (KE)

Seoul (ICN) – Bangkok Suvarnabhumi (BKK)
Seoul (ICN) – Hong Kong (HKG)
Seoul (ICN) – London (LHR)
Seoul (ICN) – Los Angeles (LAX)
Seoul (ICN) – New York (JFK)
Seoul (ICN) – Paris (CDG)
Seoul (ICN) – Sydney (SYD)

Korean Air


Lufthansa (LH)

Frankfurt (FRA) – Bangkok (BKK)
Frankfurt (FRA) – Beijing (PEK)
Frankfurt (FRA) – Delhi (DEL)
Frankfurt (FRA) – Hong Kong (HKG)
Frankfurt (FRA) – Houston (IAH)
Frankfurt (FRA) – Los Angeles (LAX)
Frankfurt (FRA) – Miami (MIA)
Frankfurt (FRA) – New York (JFK)
Frankfurt (FRA) – San Francisco (SFO)
Frankfurt (FRA) – Shanghai (PVG)
Frankfurt (FRA) – Singapore (SIN)

Lufthansa


Malaysia Airlines (MH)

Kuala Lumpur (KUL) – London (LHR)
Kuala Lumpur (KUL) – Seoul (ICN)

Malaysia Airlines


Qantas (QF)

Dubai (DXB) – London (LHR)
Melbourne (MEL) – Dubai (DXB)
Melbourne (MEL) – Los Angeles (LAX)
Sydney (SYD) – Dallas (DFW)
Sydney (SYD) - Dubai (DXB)
Sydney (SYD) – Hong Kong (HKG)
Sydney (SYD) – Los Angeles (LAX)

Qantas


Qatar Airways (QR)

Doha (DOH) – Bangkok (BKK)
Doha (DOH) – Guangzhou (CAN)
Doha (DOH) – London (LHR)
Doha (DOH) – Melbourne (MEL)
Doha (DOH) – Paris (CDG)
Doha (DOH) – Sydney (SYD)

A380 - Qatar Airways


Singapore Airlines (SQ)

Frankfurt (FRA) - New York (JFK)
Singapore (SIN) – Auckland (AKL)
Singapore (SIN) – Beijing (PEK)
Singapore (SIN) – Delhi (DEL)
Singapore (SIN) – Frankfurt (FRA)
Singapore (SIN) – Hong Kong (HKG)
Singapore (SIN) – London (LHR)
Singapore (SIN) – Melbourne (MEL)
Singapore (SIN) – Mumbai (BOM)
Singapore (SIN) – Osaka (KIX)
Singapore (SIN) – Paris (CDG)
Singapore (SIN) – Shanghai (PVG)
Singapore (SIN) – Sydney (SYD)
Singapore (SIN) – Tokyo (NRT)
Singapore (SIN) – Zurich (ZRH)

Singapore Airlines


Thai Airways International (TG)

Bangkok (BKK) – Frankfurt (FRA)
Bangkok (BKK) – Hong Kong (HKG)
Bangkok (BKK) – London (LHR)
Bangkok (BKK) – Osaka (KIX)
Bangkok (BKK) – Paris (CDG)
Bangkok (BKK) – Tokyo (NRT)

Thai Airways International


Statistics

SCHEDULED AIRBUS A380 OPERATIONS BY AIRLINE (Q4 2017 vs Q4 2016):

Rank Airline Available seats Q4 2017 Capacity share Q4 2017 (%) Available seats Q4 2016 Capacity share Q4 2016 (%)
1 Emirates 7994355 54.28 7218840 52.28
2 Singapore Airlines 1067337 7.25 1135019 8.22
3 Lufthansa German Airlines 833233 5.66 782333 5.67
4 Etihad Airways 662656 4.5 633675 4.59
5 Qantas Airways 616616 4.19 613712 4.44
6 Qatar Airways 616264 4.18 495803 3.59
7 Air France 580500 3.94 580500 4.2
8 British Airways 569835 3.87 655662 4.75
9 Thai Airways International 479622 3.26 437541 3.17
10 Korean Air 462288 3.14 401286 2.91
11 Asiana Airlines 423720 2.88 315315 2.28
12 China Southern Airlines 256238 1.74 331850 2.4
13 Malaysia Airlines 164754 1.12 205508 1.49


TOP 20 SCHEDULED AIRBUS A380 OPERATIONS BY AIRPORT (non-stop departures; Q4 2017 vs Q4 2016):

Rank Airport Available departure seats Q4 2017 Capacity share Q4 2017 (%) Available departure seats Q4 2016 Capacity share Q4 2016 (%)
1 Dubai International 3831033 26.01 3436584 24.89
2 London Heathrow Apt 1086599 7.38 1128931 8.18
3 Singapore Changi Apt 727128 4.94 749149 5.43
4 Frankfurt International Apt 673574 4.57 601218 4.35
5 Bangkok Suvarnabhumi International Apt 619839 4.21 558351 4.04
6 Sydney Kingsford Smith Apt 601016 4.08 544868 3.95
7 Paris Charles de Gaulle Apt 592879 4.03 579841 4.2
8 Seoul Incheon International Airport 497619 3.38 413553 3
9 Los Angeles International Apt 481041 3.27 501235 3.63
10 New York J F Kennedy International Apt 452131 3.07 420363 3.04
11 Abu Dhabi International Apt 331328 2.25 316575 2.29
12 Doha 308132 2.09 264156 1.91
13 Melbourne Airport 302119 2.05 302678 2.19
14 Hong Kong International Apt 271835 1.85 360066 2.61
15 Beijing Capital Intl Apt 235047 1.6 205546 1.49
16 Guangzhou 215074 1.46 246024 1.78
17 Shanghai Pudong International Apt 207253 1.41 160347 1.16
18 Johannesburg O.r. Tambo International 170456 1.16 85458 0.62
19 Auckland International Apt 170447 1.16 201750 1.46
20 Kuala Lumpur International Airport 152411 1.03 177821 1.29
David Casey

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