QANTAS will have five Airbus A380s in the air by Christmas, the airline says in its monthly traffic report. The airline withdrew its superjumbos from service in early November after one suffered a mid-air engine explosion, forcing the Sydney-bound plane to turn back and make an emergency landing in Singapore.
Qantas returned two of its A380s to service on November 27 and a third last week after inspections were completed in Los Angeles. It took delivery of a new A380 over the weekend from manufacturer Airbus.Now, Qantas says its A380 fleet will swell to five tomorrow after another returns from inspections in Frankfurt. The airline had been using the A380s on flights from Sydney to London via Singapore only and not to the US, where extra engine thrust is required due to the shorter runway at Los Angeles airport.The next priority would be to resume A380 services to London via Singapore from Melbourne, a Qantas spokesman said today.
Qantas was due to take delivery of two A380s in December, but the spokesman said the delivery date had been put back to January next year.The airline hoped to have seven A380s in the air by the end of January.The aircraft that suffered the "uncontained" failure in one of its four engines is still in Singapore.-------------------------------
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