Unless I'm going crazy, I believe there's been a British Airways A380 parked at the northern end of a runway at MEL since (at least) September.
Does anyone know why?
BA have 12 A380s. They are all fully used for flights from LHR to BOS, ORD, HKG, JNB, LAX, MIA, SFO, SIN and YVR. They do maintenance at LHR and MNL. They have no reason to send one to a port they don't normally fly to, and have it sit there for months. The airlines that generally fly A380s to MEL are QF, EK, SQ, EY and QR.Unless I'm going crazy, I believe there's been a British Airways A380 parked at the northern end of a runway at MEL since (at least) September.
Does anyone know why?
The EK 380 has been sitting out by itself, surrounded by those orange cones since at least 22 Dec when i flew back in. I did four flights out of MEL in late Dec/Jan and as far i can tell it had not moved.
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Not likely. It's a certainty, it's a different A380 each day!Thanks for the answers guys, you're all correct - it was an EK plane I saw and likely hasn't been the same one each time!
Sure is! And before I took off on a flight last December, there were even two parked at different locations adjacent to the apron.Not likely. It's a certainty, it's a different A380 each day!