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Thanks to its enormous size and comfort, the Airbus A380 is an incredibly popular aircraft with passengers, though it is less so with airlines outside of a specific niche. While COVID-19 has been thought to kill off the giant of the skies, the type made a dramatic, unexpected comeback.

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Auckland Airport Delivers Successful Marriage Proposal

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Fiji Airways A350 Business Class Sets A High Bar

Fiji Airways will soon have four Airbus A350s with very comfortable business class cabins and an experience that will be hard to beat.

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Qantas To Send Its Airbus A330s To Bali

The equipment change will happen at the end of October.

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Air New Zealand Reintroduces Boeing 787s On Auckland-Perth Route

Step aside, Wamos Air; the Air NZ metal is back.

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HARS Museum Lines Up Vietnam War Aircraft For Next Tarmac Day

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Bonza 737 MAX Links Gold Coast To Tassie Nonstop

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After losing A$7 billion in three years Qantas has clawed back a third of that in the twelve months ended June 30th, 2023.

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With a solid profit under his belt Air New Zealand CEO Greg Foran thanked customers for their loyalty while the airline emerged from COVID.

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Qantas Orders Airbus A350s and Boeing 787s To Replace A330s and A380s

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Virgin Australia CEO Weighs Into Qatar Airways Dispute

The decision to block Qatar Airways from adding more flights to Australia has created a media storm in Australia.

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Iberia Flies Women's World Cup Winners Back To Madrid On An Airbus A350

The airline treated the team onboard with a special celebratory inflight service.

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Qantas Returns Two Airbus A380s And Adds 250,000 Extra International Seats

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Air New Zealand Launches New Partnership To Bolster Engineering Talent

The local polytechnic delivers qualifications in Aviation Engineering.

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