Airlines Operating Airbus A380 Family

As of now, only 13 carriers are having A380s in their operational fleets. They are Air France, Asiana Airlines, British Airways, China Southern, Emirates, Etihad Airways, Korean Air, Lufthansa, Malaysia Airlines, Qantas, Qatar Airways, Singapore Airlines, and Thai Airways.

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Here, I have collected data of A380 aircrafts which are in operation and aircrafts which are in order.

Airlines Operating Airbus A380 Family

Launch customer: Singapore Airlines (25th October, 2007)
Highest aircrafts in operation: Emirates (100)
Highest aircrafts in orders: Emirates (42)
First A380 retirement: Singapore Airlines

If you want to know why it's not much successful in 2017, then read my another blog Is Airbus A380 A Failure?

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