Airport Spotting Blog » air france Archives – Blog Title http://www.airportspotting.com Spotting news for aircraft enthusiasts Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:28:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Air France A380s to Heathrow http://www.airportspotting.com/air-france-a380s-heathrow/ http://www.airportspotting.com/air-france-a380s-heathrow/#comments Thu, 13 May 2010 13:28:51 +0000 admin http://www.airportspotting.com/?p=431 Air France will be sending their Airbus A380 aircraft into London Heathrow on a few of the mid-morning runs from Paris CDG between June and August.

Lucky UK spotters will get the chance to see the beast (along with Singapore, Qantas and Emirates examples) on the following days:

Saturday, Sunday and Monday 12 June to 30 August inclusive, plus Friday 2 July to Friday 30 July inclusive.
Flight AFR1980/1981
Arrives Heathrow 1025, and departs 1250

]]> http://www.airportspotting.com/air-france-a380s-heathrow/feed/ 0 Air France A380 Routes http://www.airportspotting.com/air-france-a380-routes/ http://www.airportspotting.com/air-france-a380-routes/#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:55:09 +0000 admin http://www.airportspotting.com/?p=336 The next new airline to operate the Airbus A380 after Singapore, Emirates and Qantas is Air France, who will start flights on 23 November with their first aircraft, F-HPJA. Another two will follow by Spring 2010.

The airline has announced the routes the aircraft will operate as:
Dubai (1 February 2010)
Johannesburg (early 2010)
New York JFK (23 November 2009)
Tokyo Narita (spring 2010)

All will operate from Paris CDG airport. Interestingly, the route to Dubai will start 15 days before Emirates start using A380s on their Dubai – Paris route.

The aircraft will visit Paris Orly on 11 November to test the airport as a diversion field from CDG.

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