Airbus A380 News, A220 Updates & WestJet Grounds Aircraft

Etihad Airways has announced it'll begin flying its flagship Airbus A380 to Mumbai in India to celebrate 20 years of flying to the country. Meanwhile, airBaltic is adding even more Airbus A220s to its fleet as it continues to grow by announcing it'd exercise options for 10 jets. Lastly, WestJet has announced flight cancellations will continue as more than 10% of its fleet remains grounded following a major storm in Calgary.

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[tomstarzeck]

I had the privilege of my first 380 experience with Etihad in 2019 one of the best flight experiences I've ever had..I loved the little comforts in economy like foot rests .and it was the quietest airliner in my opinion..I selected row 83 seat K as I wanted the "back of the bus " experience 😊

[luiswebster]

air baltic and a220s are a match made in heaven

[strafrag]

Makes perfect sense. India is a huge market, and quite busy from Sept. until Jan.

[gunvaldsandhaland]

Good On Eithad Airway And A380.AND AirBaltic A220.Great Video

[EuropeanRailfanAlt]

Speaking of A380s, today I saw the Emirates A380 in Destination Dubai livery landing in Nice, France

[terrystapley]

Lufthansa Group companies Eurowings & Swiss are currently using some Air Baltic A220's on their services

[pandamisha]

Good for Air Baltic. I experienced their 737-500 and Fokker F50. What a magnificent workhorses these were! And onboard service was very good as well!
I'm sure that with a220 orders they secured their "biggest airline in the region" place

[strafrag]

Hey, I really like that Qantaslink paint scheme. Looks great for the A220.

[mogsyman]

I’ve just been from Heathrow to Thailand Etihad on A380’s, Dreamliners and 777’s. I also fly Etihad a lot, from the UK to the Philippines and I’m lucky enough to fly business and it’s great airline and certainly worth a look if you’re travelling on a route they service.

[Elijah-dq]

i flew the a380 twice, both on Qantas, great experience, by far it is the best at mitigating jet lag in my opinion

[NathanBrooken]

It appears the a380 makes sense between some cities and countries. I read somewhere on some routes they were actually make money on them, Why just fly them on those routes? But them again if they take away from your overall operational costs, I guess it makes sense to part with them. Maybe an all A380 airline between let's LAX and Dubai would work.

[parimal]

Good to see one more A380 on India route, Hindi website is a plus showing deepening ties between India & UAE.

[hughw]

in around 2005, I was in Mumbai when an inbound flight ended up with the nose wheel off the end of the runway. It was for a couple of days, and I remember local media reports that they'd even tried using elephants to pull it back to clear the runway. Our Qantas flight to Sydney had to divert to Perth for a fuel stop, because the shorter available runway didn't allow them to load enough fuel to get back to Sydney. Anyway, unless the facilities have improved (I have heard there is a new terminal), good luck if an A380 has an excursion off the runway.

[Thesmellofrain-ho]

Great video! Good for Air Baltic. The airline is doing well enough to exercise their options for more a220-300’s. Thanks Dj!

[Daniop]

Why is etched only deploying the a380 to Mumbai for 4 months

[kcplanespotting]

I hope etihad flies the a380 to sydney

[jameswaters]

Seems if Boeing has the factory floor space, they would pursue a 757x. They have totally forfeited the mid-market and small market with Airbus snatching them with the A321 and A220. Boeing and Embraer proposed a business alliance or merger which fizzled. The -7Max and -10Max should be certified as airworthy and I'm curious why the delay?

[aniket]

Try as you may but you can't kill the A380