In mid-July, we reported that an Air France A380, tail number F-HPJD, made a flight from Paris (CDG) to Malta International Airport (MLA) for repainting. Yesterday, the aircraft returned to Paris from Milan with a […]

In late May, Air France announced the permanent grounding of its A380 fleet. This was not especially surprising since the airline had previously announced that it would retire its A380s in 2022; COVID merely sped […]

On May 20, 2020, Air France unceremoniously announced the retirement of its fleet of A380s. The airline’s A380 included five aircraft that were owned or leased by Air France, four that were on an operating […]