Air France says goodbye to its Airbus A380 with last flight

the airínea Air France dice adiós to your fleet Airbus A380 performing a úlast flight with passengers over various points in France.

After knowing the decisionón of the aerolínea last May, Air France poses up to tan alone 11 años de operationón of this emblemática aircraft, what arrivedó late to the market as competition from Boeing 747, its operating costs were not adapted to economic needsóaerosol micasílines and now in a much more contextás complex with the low demand generated by the pandemic COVID-19, makes your operationón does not meet reduction needsón of costs of the main airlineíFrench line and others tooén.

Así It is 26 June 2020, the airíI don't realize itó the flight of adiós of the Airbus A380 flying over various emblem pointsáticos from France, in its úHe is undergoing surgeryón officer with passengers, although with the interesting peculiarity that these were employees of Air France.

History of the A380 at Air France

Intended to leave the Air France fleet during the 2022, although this process was acceleratedó before the dramaática approxíworldwide passenger traffic, the world says goodbye to an operator más del Airbus A380.

The short history of this aircraft in the Aerol fleetíNea beganó the 30 October 2009, when the avión con núMSN serial grouper 33 and matríF-HPJA was delivered to the airlineínea, later followed by the rest of the planes that at their peak reached 10 operational aircraft:

• F-HPJA
• F-HPJB
• F-HPJC
• F-HPJD
• F-HPJE
• F-HPJF
• F-HPJG
• F-HPJH
• F-HPJI
• F-HPJJ

Configured with a large capacity to transport up to 516 passengers in 4 classes I tookó to make important infrastructure changes at the airports where this aircraft operated, given its two floors where passengers were massively accommodated.

The Air France fleet up to 26 June teníat an average age of just 9 añyou being the úlast grandfatherón received on June 2014 e histórich in informationón compiled by Routesonline, operó to the following destinations:

• The first commercial flight of the great A380 was between Paris and New York on 20 November 2009.

From that day onía, the airínea operó the following destinations with its Airbus A380 fleet, where some were permanent and others temporary:

• Paris CDG – Abidjan 
• Paris CDG – Atlanta
• Paris CDG – Cancun
• Paris CDG – Dubai
• Paris CDG – Hong Kong
• Paris CDG – Johannesburg
• Paris CDG – London Heathrow
• Paris CDG – The Angels 
• Paris CDG – Mexico City
• Paris CDG – Miami
• Paris CDG – Montreal
• Paris CDG – New York JFK 
• Paris CDG – Rio de Janeiro Galeao
• Paris CDG – San Francisco
• Paris CDG – Shanghai Pu Dong
• Paris CDG – Singapore
• Paris CDG – Tokyo Narita
• Paris CDG – Washington Dulles

The replacement, although by capacity it does not have a direct one, to beán the mámodern and efficient Airbus A350, together tooén with the Boeings 787 who are already part of the AerolíFrench line of which it already has 6 and 10 aircraft respectively.

Úlast flight

as we indicate, the úlast flight with passengers of an Air France Airbus A380 was carried outó from the main Paris Airport – Charles de Gaulle with airline personnelínea, hereí some imágenes that they shared on their social networks and you can follow the flight Live hereí:

https://www.flightradar24.com/AFR380/

Boarding for the flight in progress #AF380, to say goodbye to the A380, icônot of the fleet. From my porthole, the Concord, our passé. From the’other côté, our future with a more efficient A350. Between, the smiles of our colleaguesègues. A whole symbol ❤️✈️#AF380 #merciauxequipesA380 pic.twitter.com/KuKw3j284U

— Pauline Alessandra (@PaulineAle) June 26, 2020

the flight path:

🇫🇷 This sp flightécial #AF380 will be assuredé by the F-HPJH & déwill leave Paris CDG around 3:30 p.m. où he will return around 5:45 p.m..

Here is his flight plan ⤵️

via @perations_lfrs pic.twitter.com/IDoTnNG46P

— air plus news (@airplusnews) June 26, 2020

Boarding in progress for this 2h20 flight over France, entitiesèrely compensatedé and the profile of the Airfrance foundation. Thanks to the éteams for these 11 annéit is d’exploitation ✈️. #AF380 #airfrance #airbus #A380lovers pic.twitter.com/ZOugumut1L

— Romain (@RomainDaider) June 26, 2020

¿Whaté marketá with these planes?

One of the main questions we ask ourselves, but there is not a single question, although the future is uncertain, These are the scenarios that are handled for these aircraft:

• Given its short flight time, these planes beán transferred to other airports where they will beán positions in a state of conservationón, although some of 9 aircraft couldíto go directly to dismantlingón.
• These aircraft are leased, so the respective ownersñI will give them to youán in the market in búremains of some other aerosolínea is interested in operating them.
• Could be converted to freighters, but dependá lólogically in operating costs and if this process is feasible.