Double-Decker Die-Hards: The Airlines That Have Flown Both The Airbus A380 & The Boeing 747

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7 ай бұрын

The Airbus A380 and Boeing 747 are two iconic giants that once ruled the skies as the pinnacle of long-haul travel. While the aviation industry has since seen many advancements, these double-decker aircraft redefined air travel with their impressive size, capacity, and range. Despite these two aircraft being formidable competitors in the industry, some airlines have chosen not to play favorites and have operated both types at some point in their histories. Let’s find out which ones for today’s video!
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@Rocketman1583 7 ай бұрын

basically almost all a380 carriers

@jaydentillett7466 7 ай бұрын

🙏🏽🙏🏽

@christainmarks106 7 ай бұрын

Lufthansa owning one of the best & largest maintenance companies plays a big role in them being able to make the 747 profitable im sure. Plus… i’m sure they get a lot of customers that want to fly with them because they still are flying the 747 for passenger flights. Nostalgia can be a hell of a drug. And boy oh boy can it bring in a ton of money if played right Lol

@stradivarioushardhiantz5179 7 ай бұрын

A380 + 747-8i = Lufthansa + Korean Air

@inrain_bows 7 ай бұрын

You missed China Southern - they operated B747 freighters as well

@jaydentillett7466 7 ай бұрын

Do you think when pilots switch controls, meaning when one pilot is no longer in charge, the other one is, you think the pilots ever graze their hands on the throttle and fall in love?

@IshaanGupta00 7 ай бұрын

Damn bruh chill

@d.b.cooper1 7 ай бұрын

Brokeback Altitude at 38k ft

@bftjoe 7 ай бұрын

Do you think there is only 1 set of controls? Redundancy is the name of the game.

@composimple364 7 ай бұрын

You forgot about China Southern. Operated 747F since 2002 for 20 years. That's 11 years of concurrent operation.

@Rasscasse 7 ай бұрын

Interesting to see those who were running them at the same time. Good video

@CoSmicGoesRacing 7 ай бұрын

Asiana, Korean, and Lufthansa are the only ones operating both types for passenger operations.

@heidirabenau511 7 ай бұрын

@@CoSmicGoesRacingSingapore Airlines does not operate the passenger 747.

@Rasscasse 7 ай бұрын

True. But we can let them be in the club because they are still running the Queens as freighters

@magical_catgirl 7 ай бұрын

Between 1979 and 1985, Qantas was a single aircraft type fleet, only operating 747s. The last 5 were withdrawn from service a year earlier then planned due to the Australian border closure in 2020.

@chandrachurniyogi8394 3 ай бұрын

both the B747-8 & A380-800 are still viable from an operator's point view . . . next generation aerospace engineering can actually make large quad jets economical to run than thought was possible before . . . the British full service carrier could do with some 21 additional A380-800 airframes . . .

@carlmaster9690 7 ай бұрын

Lufthansa also operates the A340-300 and A340-600s concurrently with both the A380-800s and 27 747s (eight -400s and 8Is)

@johniii8147 7 ай бұрын

They 340s will start being retired as soon as they take delivery of more 350s they have on order. That and the 747-400's.

@Your_Local_Nerd 7 ай бұрын

Lufthansa flies like every single plane they even ordered some 777Xs

@johniii8147 7 ай бұрын

@@Your_Local_Nerd They do have an unusually complex wide body fleet (but will consolidate around the 350 and 777-9s as they are delivered). Narrow bodies are exclusively variants of the 320 series. They don't fly or have on order any narrow bodies from Boeing, nor the 330NEO's and 220s.

@nurrizadjatmiko21 7 ай бұрын

I am still a huge fan of the A380, 747, and even the A340 and i am never thought several carriers decided to retired to quadjets 3 years ago due to the pandemic and low air travel demand and i have to say, 2020 was the most paintful year for the quadjets around the world. If you are a big fan of the Boeing 747, an analysis data as of July 2023, reveal that at least a total of 460 Boeing 747s are still flying around the world. As for the A380 as of September 2023, at least 210 Superjumbos are still in active service. The Airbus A340 however has at least of 128 that are still in active service.

@GarlandTexasSpotter2024 7 ай бұрын

Lufthansa is the only airline to have all 3 quadjets in service

@nurrizadjatmiko21 7 ай бұрын

Indeed

@johniii8147 7 ай бұрын

You overestimate by quite a margin how many 380s are currently in active service. 210 is the number after accounting for official retirements. There are still quite a few that are not currently flying at EK (25+). QR, LH, KE, EY, etc. The number actively in service is much closer to 150.

@CoSmicGoesRacing 7 ай бұрын

@@johniii8147 150 is still a lot all things considered. Only 251 A380s (minus the prototypes) were made and having at least more than half still flying is impressive despite not selling well.

@johniii8147 7 ай бұрын

@@CoSmicGoesRacing I wouldn't consider that impressive. That's roughly 60% built operating of a relatively new aircraft. That number will only decline at the decade goes on. QR, KE, OZ have plans to retire them in the 2026-2028 time frame. That will leave the aircraft with only 7 operators before the end of the decade.

@j3j326 7 ай бұрын

British Airways proud A380 operator + 747 pre-pandemic

@packersdk 7 ай бұрын

Virgin Atlantic was almost on this list, and they were supposed to be i think a launch customer for the A380, but cancelled the order last second for financial issues.

@johniii8147 7 ай бұрын

It was well known for years before the official cancelation that they would never take the 380. It wasn't because of financial issues. Turned out it was just too large for them given their limited network and not much connecting traffic at LHR. They waited until they ordered the 330 and 350 and the deposits from the 380 order were transferred over to the new orders.

@janetcsg 4 ай бұрын

Both planes were great .It’s a shame that there wasn’t enough need for them.

@theshadowman1398 7 ай бұрын

No matter what some simpletons say these jumbo’s are unmissable and irreplaceable on many long haul flight.

@marlontharusha5171 7 ай бұрын

I think you missed China Southern

@imwsss726 7 ай бұрын

Only 747Fs, but indeed they're still jumbos.

@Rasscasse 7 ай бұрын

Does or did China Southern have A380s ?

@imwsss726 7 ай бұрын

@@Rasscasse They did, five of them.

@marlontharusha5171 7 ай бұрын

@@imwsss726 exactly, just like Emirates and Etihad

@marlontharusha5171 7 ай бұрын

@@Rasscasse until 2022. As far as I know they were the only airline to operate A380s on domestic routes

@Trivako 7 ай бұрын

QUEEN OF DA SKIES

@janetcsg 4 ай бұрын

KING OF THE SKIES

@gameboylyrik2801 7 ай бұрын

5:41 Lufthansa operates every 4 engine airplane, A380s, 747, and A340s.

@stevenholt1867 6 ай бұрын

biggest is best

@Ishaanbiniwale 7 ай бұрын

Bassically the pandemic beeped both planes except lufthansa

@Z01Xy 7 ай бұрын

what about china eastern?

@KQPianos_music 7 ай бұрын

China Southern should count then because they had 747 for cargo

@ProAvgeek6328 7 ай бұрын

yup

@UPS-F-km9ni 7 ай бұрын

Doesn't Qatar Airways still have a 747-8i in its fleet for government/VIP use, as well as 2 747-8F's in their fleet as well for their cargo operations?

@NaenaeGaming 7 ай бұрын

Qatar Airways never flew the 747-8i, only the -200 and SP. Qatar Amiri Flight regularly flies the 747-8i as a VIP transport.

@UPS-F-km9ni 7 ай бұрын

@@NaenaeGaming Qatar Airways do operate 2 747-8F's in their cargo fleet, cause if you go on FR24, and type QTR (callsign for Qatar Airways) and look at their fleet, it shows they have the 2 747-8F's A7-BGA and A7-BGB

@thegametrain7 7 ай бұрын

"Forced to retire" Me still seeing a380,s making their way to schiphol aiport.

@janetcsg 4 ай бұрын

😢😢😢😢😢😢

@sebastianbliek 7 ай бұрын

Qatar does operate A380's With B747-8F's so your information is incorrect on that part

@briuiwnw7229nurjwnqoaakne 7 ай бұрын

nO yOucAn’t kEeP oPeRAting 3 tYPes oF jUMboS tHEy’rE sO inNEficent Lufthansa: 🗿

@JKS62B50 7 ай бұрын

Imagine the gorgeous 747-8I in that beautiful current Etihad livery...

@johniii8147 7 ай бұрын

Honestly, the 747 just looks dated now after almost 50 years in service.

@gorillaengineering 7 ай бұрын

Doesn't Qatar have a 747-8 freighter?

@johniii8147 7 ай бұрын

2 of them.

@kevinj2412 7 ай бұрын

What's iconic about a 380? Only that it's the biggest, when it has accomplished everything the Queen has, and for as long as she has, then you can call it iconic.

@Your_Local_Nerd 7 ай бұрын

Huh? At first I thought you were complementing the A380 but then it sounded like you weren’t