Winning back-to-back titles for the first time since 1984 is likely to prove a rather more arduous challenge for Liverpool.
As a model of transport, the A380 strikes a parallel -- a shared fragility -- with giant container ships, observes Shyam G Menon.
After Singapore Airlines and Emirates, Lufthansa on Wednesday announced the launch of flights of the superjumbo Airbus A-380 to India from New Delhi later this month.
Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal bin Abdulaziz Alsaud, chairman of Kingdom Holding company will become the first private owner of A380 Flying Palace, Airbus said.
Commercial operations of the largest aircraft, Airbus A-380, will begin in India from May 30, with Singapore Airlines on Monday announcing it would start daily flights of the superjumbo to Mumbai and Delhi from then.
This fully double-decker aircraft, which landed at 10.50 am, has a passenger capacity of 850 seats in all economy configurations, but in three classes it has the capacity to carry about 550 passengers.
An Airbus A-380 of the Singapore Airlines (SIA) on Friday took off from Singapore for Delhi, marking the maiden flight of the superjumbo to India.
Qantas has decided to keep its fleet of A380 superjumbos grounded for at least next 72 hours as investigations continue into the incident of last week's mid-air engine failure that caused a major scare.
Airbus has said it expects higher revenue and a slight increase in core operating profit before mergers and acquisitions.
The 517-seater superjumbo Emirates EK516 landed around 1500 hrs at IGIA.
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Infosys Technologies on Tuesday announced that it worked with Airbus on its A380 programme.
The world's largest passenger airline, Airbus A380 is in trouble again five years after its maiden flight in 2005.
The world's largest airplane, the A380 is coming to Delhi and Mumbai airports on May 7 and May 9.
Jacques Rosay flew the A380 on its first take-off.
The safety warning was issued before the arrival of Australia's Transport Safety Bureau's preliminary report which is looking into the engine failure of Qantas flight QF32 last month.
The UB Group-controlled Kingfisher Airlines may cancel its orders for Airbus A380s and A350s or swap these planes for smaller planes like A320s and A330s.
German carrier Lufthansa wants to fly its superjumbo A-380s to India and is studying the pros and cons of when and which Indian city to operate from, top airline officials said on Tuesday.
Tilak Varma and Pratham smashed centuries as India A dominated the third day of their Duleep Trophy match against India D.
Airbus Industrie is setting its eye on India for selling its brand new, most modern and spacious A-380 aircraft.
Come 2050, and you can fly in a fully transparent plane enjoying the panoramic views of the sky.
The bulk of Indian carriers flying to Dubai are low-cost carriers, which include IndiGo, Air India Express, and SpiceJet.
Four Indian airports are currently equipped to handle these super jumbos.
In one step forward, the Civil Aviation Ministry on Wednesday met for the first time to decide on allowing the Airbus A-380s to operate at some airports, years after some major foreign carriers sought the right to fly these superjumbos to India.
"Co-developed and verified" by Indian IT major, HCL Technologies, this chip would be integrated into the system data acquisition computer of the aircraft, a top company official has said.
The SIA A-380s can fly 471 passengers in a three-class configuration of first class suites, business class and economy.
European aeroplane maker Airbus Industrie hopes to sell 55 of its A380 planes, including 10 freighter aircraft, in India in 20 years.
According to Airbus sources close to the development, "Airbus has already made its presentation to Air India and also to the ministry. Whenever they are ready and instruct us to put in the bid, we will do so." The order could be around $3 billion, based on the list price of the aircraft. But, the negotiated price may vary.
Govt plans to relax air service norms, let international airlines fly any aircraft to India.
The 517-seater superjumbo will operate flight EK-516 on the Dubai-Delhi route to celebrate the launch of T-3 as a one-time gesture by the airline, an Emirates spokesperson said.
The interiors of the world's biggest passenger airline, the Airbus A 380 resemble a luxury hotel.
The world's largest passenger aircraft A-380 touched down for the first time in India on Sunday to mark the second anniversary celebrations of Kingfisher Airlines.
The Cochin International Airport Ltd is undergoing expansion at a cost of Rs 3,500 crore (Rs 35 billion), which when completed would allow it to receive the world's largest aircraft, Airbus A380, a top CIAL executive said on Thursday.
European aircraft maker Airbus Industrie is in talks with flag carrier Air India for sale of up to 12 superjumbo A-380 planes, as it looks for a greater presence in the world's fastest growing civil aviation market. The long range aircraft can enable an airline to fly to Delhi-Los Angles or Delhi-New York non-stop.
Notwithstanding record revenues in certain media sectors like film exhibition in the July-September quarter (second quarter, or Q2), the operational performance of the broadcasting business remained subdued. Zee Entertainment Enterprises and Sun TV are expected to experience a year-on-year (Y-o-Y) decline in advertising (ad) revenues during this period. Conversely, box office (BO) collections are anticipated to exceed Rs 3,000 crore in the quarter, propelled by a series of successful movie releases.
Lufthansa received its first Airbus 380 on Wednesday.
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