Where does the Airbus A380 fly? Q2 2018 network update

David Casey June 25, 2018

Routesonline provides an update on the operations of the Airbus A380. We also reveal the network size of each operator and the top destinations served by the aircraft type.

Q2 2018 network update - all data supplied by OAG

Air France (AF)

Paris (CDG) – Abidjan (ABJ)
Paris (CDG) – Johannesburg (JNB)
Paris (CDG) – Los Angeles (LAX)
Paris (CDG) – Mexico City (MEX)
Paris (CDG) – New York (JFK)
Paris (CDG) – San Francisco (SFO)
Paris (CDG) – Shanghai (PVG)
Paris (CDG) - Washington Dulles (IAD)

Air France

Asiana Airlines (OZ)

Seoul (ICN) – Bangkok (BKK)
Seoul (ICN) – Frankfurt (FRA)
Seoul (ICN) – Hong Kong (HKG)
Seoul (ICN) – Los Angeles (LAX)
Seoul (ICN) – New York (JFK)
Seoul (ICN) – Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD)
Seoul (ICN) – Tokyo Narita (NRT)

Asiana A380

British Airways (BA)

London (LHR) – Boston (BOS)
London (LHR) – Chicago (ORD)
London (LHR) – Hong Kong (HKG)
London (LHR) – Johannesburg (JNB)
London (LHR) – Los Angeles (LAX)
London (LHR) – Miami (MIA)
London (LHR) – San Francisco (SFO)
London (LHR) – Singapore (SIN)
London (LHR) – Vancouver (YVR)

British Airways

China Southern Airlines (CZ)

Guangzhou (CAN) – Beijing (PEK)
Guangzhou (CAN) – Los Angeles (LAX)

China Southern

Emirates (EK)

Bangkok (BKK) – Hong Kong (HKG)
Bangkok (BKK) – Sydney (SYD)
Christchurch (CHC) – Sydney (SYD)
Dubai (DXB) – Amsterdam (AMS)
Dubai (DXB) – Athens (ATH)
Dubai (DXB) – Auckland (AKL)
Dubai (DXB) – Bangkok (BKK)
Dubai (DXB) – Barcelona (BCN)
Dubai (DXB) – Beijing (PEK)
Dubai (DXB) – Birmingham (BHX)
Dubai (DXB) – Boston (BOS) - one-time
Dubai (DXB) – Brisbane (BNE)
Dubai (DXB) – Brussels (BRU) - one-time
Dubai (DXB) – Casablanca (CMN)
Dubai (DXB) – Copenhagen (CPH)
Dubai (DXB) – Duesseldorf (DUS)
Dubai (DXB) – Frankfurt (FRA)
Dubai (DXB) – Guangzhou (CAN)
Dubai (DXB) – Hong Kong (HKG)
Dubai (DXB) – Houston (IAH)
Dubai (DXB) – Jeddah (JED)
Dubai (DXB) – Johannesburg (JNB)
Dubai (DXB) – Kuala Lumpur (KUL)
Dubai (DXB) – Kuwait (KWI)
Dubai (DXB) – London Gatwick (LGW)
Dubai (DXB) – London Heathrow (LHR)
Dubai (DXB) – Los Angeles (LAX)
Dubai (DXB) – Madrid (MAD)
Dubai (DXB) – Manchester (MAN)
Dubai (DXB) – Mauritius (MRU)
Dubai (DXB) – Melbourne (MEL)
Dubai (DXB) – Milan (MXP)
Dubai (DXB) – Moscow (DME)
Dubai (DXB) – Mumbai (BOM)
Dubai (DXB) – Munich (MUC)
Dubai (DXB) – New York (JFK)
Dubai (DXB) – Nice (NCE)
Dubai (DXB) – Paris (CDG)
Dubai (DXB) – Perth (PER)
Dubai (DXB) – Prague (PRG)
Dubai (DXB) – Rome (FCO)
Dubai (DXB) – San Francisco (SFO)
Dubai (DXB) – Sao Paulo (GRU)
Dubai (DXB) – Seoul (ICN)
Dubai (DXB) – Shanghai (PVG)
Dubai (DXB) – Singapore (SIN)
Dubai (DXB) – Sydney (SYD)
Dubai (DXB) – Taipei (TPE)
Dubai (DXB) – Tokyo (NRT)
Dubai (DXB) – Toronto (YYZ)
Dubai (DXB) – Vienna (VIE)
Dubai (DXB) – Washington (IAD)
Dubai (DXB) – Zurich (ZRH)
Melbourne Airport (MEL) – Singapore (SIN)
Milan (MXP) – New York (JFK)

Emirates Airline

Etihad Airways (EY)

Abu Dhabi (AUH) – London (LHR)
Abu Dhabi (AUH) – New York (JFK)
Abu Dhabi (AUH) – Paris (CDG)
Abu Dhabi (AUH) – Sydney (SYD)

Etihad A380

Korean Air (KE)

Seoul (ICN) – Bangkok Suvarnabhumi (BKK)
Seoul (ICN) – Hong Kong (HKG)
Seoul (ICN) – London (LHR)
Seoul (ICN) – Los Angeles (LAX)
Seoul (ICN) – New York (JFK)
Seoul (ICN) – Paris (CDG)

Korean Air

Lufthansa (LH)

Frankfurt (FRA) – Delhi (DEL)
Frankfurt (FRA) – Houston (IAH)
Frankfurt (FRA) – Los Angeles (LAX)
Frankfurt (FRA) – Miami (MIA)
Frankfurt (FRA) – New York (JFK)
Frankfurt (FRA) – San Francisco (SFO)
Frankfurt (FRA) – Shanghai (PVG)
Frankfurt (FRA) – Singapore (SIN)
Munich (MUC) - Beijing (PEK)
Munich (MUC) - Hong Kong (HKG)
Munich (MUC) - Los Angeles (LAX)

Lufthansa

Malaysia Airlines (MH)

Kuala Lumpur (KUL) – Hong Kong (HKG)
Kuala Lumpur (KUL) – Seoul (ICN)
Kuala Lumpur (KUL) – Sydney (SYD)
Kuala Lumpur (KUL) – Tokyo (NRT)

Malaysia Airlines

Qantas (QF)

Dubai (DXB) – London (LHR)
London (LHR) - Singapore (SIN)
Melbourne (MEL) – Dubai (DXB)
Melbourne (MEL) – Los Angeles (LAX)
Melbourne (MEL) – Singapore (SIN)
Sydney (SYD) – Dallas (DFW)
Sydney (SYD) – Hong Kong (HKG)
Sydney (SYD) – Los Angeles (LAX)
Sydney (SYD) - Singapore (SIN)

Qantas

Qatar Airways (QR)

Doha (DOH) – Bangkok (BKK)
Doha (DOH) – Guangzhou (CAN)
Doha (DOH) – London (LHR)
Doha (DOH) – Melbourne (MEL)
Doha (DOH) – Paris (CDG)
Doha (DOH) – Perth (PER)
Doha (DOH) – Sydney (SYD)

A380 - Qatar Airways

Singapore Airlines (SQ)

Frankfurt (FRA) - New York (JFK)
Singapore (SIN) – Beijing (PEK)
Singapore (SIN) – Delhi (DEL)
Singapore (SIN) – Frankfurt (FRA)
Singapore (SIN) – Hong Kong (HKG)
Singapore (SIN) – London (LHR)
Singapore (SIN) – Melbourne (MEL)
Singapore (SIN) – Mumbai (BOM)
Singapore (SIN) – Paris (CDG)
Singapore (SIN) – Shanghai (PVG)
Singapore (SIN) – Sydney (SYD)
Singapore (SIN) – Zurich (ZRH)

Singapore Airlines

Thai Airways International (TG)

Bangkok (BKK) – Frankfurt (FRA)
Bangkok (BKK) – London (LHR)
Bangkok (BKK) – Osaka (KIX)
Bangkok (BKK) – Paris (CDG)
Bangkok (BKK) – Tokyo (NRT)

Thai Airways International

Statistics

SCHEDULED AIRBUS A380 OPERATIONS BY AIRLINE (Q2 2018 vs Q2 2017):

Rank	Airline	Available seats Q2 2018	Capacity share Q2 2018 (%)	Available seats Q2 2017	Capacity share Q2 2017 (%)
1	Emirates	7737768	53.32	7286173	51.61
2	Singapore Airlines	1007682	6.94	1018008	7.21
3	Lufthansa German Airlines	926380	6.38	904493	6.41
4	Qatar Airways	774983	5.34	659175	4.67
5	Etihad Airways	702180	4.84	678058	4.8
6	British Airways	688023	4.74	662228	4.69
7	Air France	645000	4.44	674412	4.78
8	Qantas Airways	519816	3.58	605000	4.29
9	Korean Air	409849	2.82	399034	2.83
10	Asiana Airlines	390060	2.69	354915	2.51
11	Thai Airways International	369096	2.54	433485	3.07
12	China Southern Airlines	257534	1.77	253442	1.8
13	Malaysia Airlines	83106	0.57	188082	1.33

TOP 20 SCHEDULED AIRBUS A380 OPERATIONS BY AIRPORT (non-stop departures; Q2 2018 vs Q2 2017):

Rank	Airport	Available departure seats Q2 2018	Capacity share Q2 2018 (%)	Available departure seats Q2 2017	Capacity share Q2 2017 (%)
1	Dubai International	3631313	25.02	3437374	24.35
2	London Heathrow Apt	1022352	7.05	1144680	8.11
3	Singapore Changi Apt	833439	5.74	704459	4.99
4	Paris Charles de Gaulle Apt	684697	4.72	658514	4.66
5	Sydney Kingsford Smith Apt	590987	4.07	541451	3.84
6	Bangkok Suvarnabhumi International Apt	588614	4.06	606082	4.29
7	Frankfurt International Apt	532418	3.67	664544	4.71
8	New York J F Kennedy International Apt	518644	3.57	529242	3.75
9	Los Angeles International Apt	478323	3.3	507719	3.6
10	Seoul Incheon International Airport	477592	3.29	423709	3
11	Doha	387233	2.67	329846	2.34
12	Abu Dhabi International Apt	351090	2.42	339029	2.4
13	Hong Kong International Apt	282335	1.95	278722	1.97
14	Melbourne Airport	277055	1.91	286993	2.03
15	Beijing Capital Intl Apt	263230	1.81	189693	1.34
16	Munich International Airport	233276	1.61	109444	0.78
17	Guangzhou	222617	1.53	220497	1.56
18	Shanghai Pudong International Apt	213462	1.47	158380	1.12
19	San Francisco	172053	1.19	182936	1.3
20	London Gatwick Apt	141537	0.98	114612	0.81