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Coming Soon: A380 Kangaroos

May 19, 2008 at 9:20 AM | 0 Comments

The newest airline to become the proud owner of some A380s looks to be Qantas, with its first 20 super-jumbos currently being fitted out in Hamburg. They're getting one now and two more by December, with the others to follow "soon."

The surprise is that the Flying Kangaroo is planning to use the new plane on the Melbourne to Los Angeles route--everybody was expecting it would be used to fly to London. Qantas has apparently decided otherwise.

A non-stop Melbourne-LAX flight will make the Qantas route look a lot more enticing than main rival United, or at least that's the plan. We're wondering how the giant jet will stack up against V Australia's 777 service from Sydney.

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· Qantas A380 Across the Pacific [Business Traveller]
· Qantas A380 Ready for October Take-Off [news.com.au]
· Qantas coverage [Jaunted]

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