Yesterday (July 1), ANA's A380 "Sea Turtle" departed from Tokyo Narita to Hawaii as scheduled, marking another A380 user's return to flight. Considering that Lufthansa has stated that it will resume flying the A380 next year, Korean Air and Asiana Airlines both resumed operations

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Yesterday (July 1), ANA's A380 "Big Turtle" departed from Tokyo Narita to Hawaii as scheduled, marking another A380 user's return to flight. Considering that Lufthansa has stated that it will resume flying the A380 next year, Korean Air and Asiana Airlines both resumed operations early last week, etc., it can now be said that A380 users around the world have basically "recovered".

Picture: ANA "Big Turtle" Photo: yiran

A380 has 15 users around the world, including Hi Fly, which was "briefly used". Among the real 14 users, 9 have now resumed flying, including China Southern Airlines , Emirates, Qatar Airways , Qantas, British Airways, Singapore Airlines , Korean Air, Asiana Airlines and ANA .

There are currently about 60 A380 passenger planes online (flying in the air) worldwide at the same time. It is estimated that about 150 A380 aircraft have been released. This summer is a rare peak of "revenge travel". All airlines hope to take advantage of this opportunity to make up for the losses in the previous two years.

Picture: Qatar has said it will no longer use it Photo: zhangmx969

But operating the A380 does require high skills. Air France has been reluctant to restart the A380, which is related to "lack of confidence." Air France is a rare airline in Western countries that has a bit of a "state-owned enterprise" character. Its operation is lax and it is unlikely to resume the use of A380. It retired five A380s at the beginning of the epidemic. If all five self-purchased aircraft were retired, the loss would be approximately 370 million euros.

In addition, there are Malaysia Airlines and Thai Airways, both of which are also "state-owned enterprises". Like China Southern Airlines , they have almost been losing money since they bought the A380 home - so these two brothers will basically never use the A380 again.

Picture: Lufthansa said it will resume flying next year. Photo: Draw the curtains

As for Etihad, its 10 A380s are currently in "storage" status. Some flying friends believe that with the return of guests, Etihad may restart the A380 before Lufthansa. After all, Abu Dhabi is an "oil-producing country" and the price of oil is much cheaper than that of the "Country of Dubai".

Chinese flying friends are very concerned about the current situation of my country Southern Airlines A380. China Southern was the only company that insisted on using A380s during the epidemic, but its five A380s have been determined to be retired by the end of this year. They signed a contract with an American dismantling company, and in principle they will not look back. B-6136 and B-6137 are now being dismantled in the American desert, and photos can already be seen on the Internet.

Picture: Retire early and lose less

And the remaining three A380s are still working on the Los Angeles, Sydney, Amsterdam and even Bangkok routes. From the flight tracking data, the mission is not saturated. For example, after B-6139 returned to Guangzhou on June 3, it did not leave for the United States again until June 16; it seemed that it was just a matter of "taking a ride or not" and just flying around.

China Southern Airlines is incompetent. If it keeps the A380 for one more day, it will pay for one more day. It is a state-owned enterprise, and all it loses in the end are the people's money. I don’t know if I will show you the “bill” at the end like Air France did. But in short, after another half year at most, these three A380s will be "gone forever" - as for flying friends, should they be happy or sad?

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