FHPJF Air France Airbus A380 at Mexico City Licenciado Benito Juarez Intl Photo ID

Prior to the COVID-19 crisis, only two airlines scheduled flights with the A380 to Latin America. Air France had its Paris-Mexico City route, and Emirates had its Dubai-São Paulo. Both routes had a daily flight. These two airports were the only ones when one could see, on a regular basis, the A380 in the region.
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The A380 first made its way into the Air France fleet as a replacement for its Boeing 747-400 aircraft. At a list-price of $445.6m per aircraft and a maximum seating capacity of 800, the A380 was one of the most expensive yet largest planes around. That made it attractive for several carriers, like Air France, despite the volume of structural.
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El primer aterrizaje del A380 Air France en la ciudad de mexico vuelo AF438 12 de enero 2016.
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Air France refrendó su compromiso con el mercado mexicano trayendo su novedoso equipo en 2016. Asimismo, contribuyó en gran manera al traslado de pasajeros desde México hasta Francia. En aquel entonces, el A380 contaba con una configuración de 516 pasajeros con lo que le permitió a la aerolínea ofrecer 25,000 asientos adicionales a los que se ofertaron en 2015.
FHPJB Air France Airbus A380 at Mexico City Licenciado Benito Juarez Intl Photo ID

Air France has a fleet of ten Airbus A380 aircraft based at Paris's Charles De Gaulle Airport, flying to 11 destinations. From the Paris hub, flights connect to Abidjan, Atlanta, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Miami, New York, San Francisco, Shanghai, and Washington. Air France's A380 routes. Image: GCMaps. 2. All Nippon.
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The A380 leverages Airbus' expertise in aircraft design, sharing a large degree of commonality in systems, flight deck, procedures, and maintainability with the fly-by-wire A320, A330/A340 and A350 families. Pilots do not need extensive training to transfer from one aircraft type to another, increasing their productivity and reducing the.
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A list of all Airbus A380 Routes and airlines operating the Super Jumbo with a detailed list of each 380's configuration including seat maps and WiFi
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Airbus A380 (By Air France) Landing First Time In México City , At 6:23 p.m.Siguenos en nuestras redes sociale.Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mexicoLivei.
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Hello aviation fans! This is a video capture of the first Airbus 380 landing in Mexico City airport, second visit in the whole history, after Cancun airport.
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Low-quality business cabin that is a generation (or two behind the competition). At least I had a middle aisle seat. Avoid the A380 Air France business cabin if possible and try to fly a route with their 777 newer business cabin. These are almost a generation behind by now as well, but much better than the A380 upper deck.
FHPJJ Air France Airbus A380 at Mexico City Licenciado Benito Juarez Intl Photo ID

Air France chief executive Frédéric Gagey and Gilberto López Meyer, general director of Mexico's Civil Aviation Authority, have signed an agreement formalising the arrival of the A380 in Mexico.
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Persistent rumour in Mexico has it that Lufthansa is going to replace its current Boeing 747-8 service from Frankfurt with the A380 as well from early 2017. For Air France, bringing the double.
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18 destinations saw Air France's A380s. Between 2009 and 2020, Air France used the A380 to 18 airports from Paris CDG, including one-offs and time-limited services. They were as follows: Abidjan: 2014-2019. Atlanta: one-off on December 12th, 2017, then regular service in 2019. Cancun: one-off on November 27th, 2013. Dubai: 2011-2012, then in 2019.
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Richard Maslen October 18, 2013. The Airbus A380 will make its first ever visit to Mexico next month when Air France utilises one of its fleet of super jumbos on its route from Paris Charles de.
FHPJD Air France Airbus A380 at Mexico City Licenciado Benito Juarez Intl Photo ID

Air France, stylised as AIRFRANCE, is the flag carrier of France headquartered in Tremblay-en-France. It is a subsidiary of the Air France-KLM Group and a founding member of the SkyTeam global airline alliance. As of 2013 [update], Air France serves 29 destinations in France and operates worldwide scheduled passenger and cargo services to 201.
FHPJJ Air France Airbus A380 at Mexico City Licenciado Benito Juarez Intl Photo ID

Speeding up the retirement plan. Air France had initially said it would retire its aging fleet of 10 A380-800s by 2022. The first aircraft had actually left the fleet in December 2019 before the pandemic really started. Registered F-HPJB, the aircraft was leased, joining Air France in February 2010. The lessor flew the aircraft to Malta for.