After the Airbus A380, the world’s largest passenger transport aircraft, was strongly criticized for inefficiency during the worst moments of the air crisis generated by the Covid-19 pandemic, better days begin to appear on the horizon of the giant of two floors.
While some airlines chose to take most or all of their A380s out of service, others still see the model as a suitable aircraft for certain routes, especially given signs that the resumption of aviation in certain markets could be quicker than expected.
The latest move in this direction came on Friday with Singapore Airlines, the world’s second-largest A380 operator. Although the Asian company has already retired 5 of its 24 units, it has kept active several of the remaining 19, including the departure of one of them in the desert this week.
The aircraft registration 9V-SKW took off from Alice Springs (ASP) to Sydney on Wednesday, July 28, underwent maintenance interventions in Australia and then flew to Changi Airport, its base in Singapore.
Our partner site Aeroín through RadarBox, shows us the route that the aircraft made.
This aircraft is the second that Singapore Airlines rescued from the Alice Springs storage area, the first had been transferred in February and has not yet been commissioned, so the 9V-SKW will have to enter the «waiting list» in order to start operating.
The company plans to gradually withdraw the Airbus A380 aircraft stored in the desert and make them ready for maintenance as soon as possible.
