Hey, this is exciting! Etihad Airways has announced that it will continue to expand its Airbus A380 network, as the super jumbo will fly to yet another airport. Most interesting of all, this is a destination to which Etihad has never before flown the A380.
Continue reading: Etihad Airbus A380 Will Fly To Singapore As Of February 2025
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Hi Ben, schedule talks about Paris, not Singapore, and then reactivating A350 (should probably be A380...).
Exciting nevertheless!
Err Ben in all the years I've been reading this blog, I don't think I've ever read an article as riddled with flaws and inaccuracies as this. I think this piece is in serious need of editing!
You write: This new route is possible thanks to Etihad now planning on reactivating a sixth Airbus A350 (the fifth frame is being reactivated for the Paris route).
Don't you mean A380?
Some very cool route development here — surprised Etihad is launching a brand new route, though, with its limited number of A380s. demand to SIN must be real strong
Back in my day Etihad used to fly via Singapore to Brisbane, so they should bring the A380 to Brisbane because of strong premium traffic.
Some of the most important Australians live near Brisbane such as Peter Dutton, Pauline Hanson, Clive Palmer and Anastasia Parachutes. And currently the only airline with First Class to Brisbane is Emirates which is I’m not good enough.
As of this morning, I can see flights ABU-SIN in March 2025 on the A380, but sadly First Class is not yet available to book.
Ben, I think you didn’t mean to mention the EY32 flight schedule and you said A350 instead of A380. Need more coffee? Hehe
Pauline Hanson can sit outside on the wing, so the type of aircraft shouldn't matter.
A few random people that nobody outside Australia has ever heard of does not mean there is bustling premium demand for an A380.
Though I do agree it would be nice to see an Etihad nonstop flight on a 787 or something from Brisbane to Abu Dhabi like they use to have.
This is a brand new route for the Etihad A380 specifically, in contrast to JFK/LHR/etc. I’ve flown Etihad to/from SIN and am well aware of their longtime operating of AUH-SIN. But there must be substantial demand post-COVID ex-SIN to justify an A380 where there wasn’t one before.
I flew this recently, unfortunately I do not think EY P can beat EK F. It is just an extra bed with a nice afternoon tea. But almost everyone has some significant issues to complain about like screen broken, lack of certain alcohol option etc.
Singapore Airlines used to try A380 service to Brisbane and it was a loss leader. Brisbane doesn't have F traffic to justify an A380. J demand is also significantly lower than MEL and SYD so no sane airlines will choose to fly an A380 to BNE unless they have hundreds of them like Emirates.