Qantas to phase out A380s

[elanshin]

They should prevent passengers from crowding around the gate area. They should be seated or stand the to side. SQ and EK do it perfectly.

Whilst not a380s i find CX also manages their crowd very well and it boards in 20-25 mins for a 777.

Its all about how you set up your zones then have staff police it. (Don't come up before your groups are called).

 

[SYD]

Whilst not a380s i find CX also manages their crowd very well and it boards in 20-25 mins for a 777.

Its all about how you set up your zones then have staff police it. (Don't come up before your groups are called).

CX are generally very good at it.

Although, departing CGK the other day, they were missing the seperate F/OWE line that they normally have at outstations (and obviously at HKG).

 

[mjt57]

and EK do it perfectly.

When we flew business FCE-DXB-MEL, we had our own lounge area, so no getting mixed up with the other classes. Very smooth and quick to board (although we all had to do a second security scan as we progressed through the ticket scanning doodad.

 

[frodo]

I've noticed this as well, and my impression is that it's more about the Qantas boarding process than the aircraft itself.
Singapore Airlines manage A380 boarding at SYD quite efficiently. They set up 5 or 6 lanes with queue dividers and signage showing where passengers should line up. From memory, the left-most lanes are for Economy, the middle lane for Premium Economy, the next lane for Business, and the far right lane for Suites.

Depends on the gate at SYD also, gate 24 for A380 boarding is an absolute mess as there's just not enough space in that area.

 

[moa999]

Agreed the gate allocated including amount of space for ropes and overhead screens makes a massive difference.

 

[Seat0B]

If they can fly one into the HARS Aviation Museum as they did with the 747 VH-OJA, I would pay a lot of money to watch that, as I think a lot of other people would. They could almost recoup the costs I think.

I'd pay to take a farewell flight on an A380 like we did on the B747 too.

edited to clarify I meant on an A380

 

[poverty]

An ode to the A380 in The Guardian

A love letter to the A380, the retiring behemoth that takes Qantas travellers back in time | Nick Visser

Quiet cabins, spacious configurations and those hallowed stairs: the Airbus superjumbo has become a favourite of many travellers – and will be missed

www.theguardian.com

 

[Flyer1234]

An ode to the A380 in The Guardian

A love letter to the A380, the retiring behemoth that takes Qantas travellers back in time | Nick Visser

Quiet cabins, spacious configurations and those hallowed stairs: the Airbus superjumbo has become a favourite of many travellers – and will be missed

www.theguardian.com

Finally something worth reading in the Guardian

 

[Big John]

I'd pay to take a farewell flight on an A380 like we did on the B747 too.

I would pay good money for farewell A380 flights if they also included a tour of the aircraft (including the massive undercarriage).

C'mon Qantas. Make it happen !

 

[jb747]

Maybe OQA could live on given its history.

Gawd, I hope not. That was the worst aircraft in the fleet. And they'd have to stuff RdC and display him next to it.

Sadly, it will simply disappear. The 767 was more deserving of having an aircraft kept, and it would have been a much easier prospect too.

 

[Melburnian1]

I would pay good money for farewell A380 flights if they also included a tour of the aircraft (including the massive undercarriage).

C'mon Qantas. Make it happen !

It's going to be some years before the final QFi A380 flight, as inevitably despite the recent pronouncement, there'll be delays in acquiring replacement aircraft.

Your sentiments are understandable but you're getting just a little ahead of yourself.

Other operators such as EK will have the A380s flying for many more years, so it's not as if this aircraft model is disappearing in 2027.