Airport Spotting Blog » cdg Archives – Blog Title http://www.airportspotting.com Spotting news for aircraft enthusiasts Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:56:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 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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xavier.huby@seine-saint-denis.pref.gouv.fr

The amount of time it takes to receive passes seems to vary, but it’s generally accepted that once you have a pass it does not expire.

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