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Fly the Air France Airbus A380 from London to Paris for just $115!
Fancy a trip on the world's largest jet? Air France is about to start flying the Airbus A380 from London Heathrow to Paris Charles De Gaulle - making them the only airline to use the plane on a short haul route.
Normally, the A380 is used on long hail international routes, making it tough to experience the plane "on the cheap", but the Summer A380 London-Paris flights cost just £80 (or £280 for business class) putting the trips well in reach of any budget.
The A380 flights will operate one round trip each day starting on June 12th until Monday August 30th. To book a ticket or to learn more about this amazing plane, head on over to the Air France A380 site.
Sadly, the chances of any of the US carriers buying an A380 are rather slim - most US carriers don't even have enough cash to provide blankets or water - let alone invest $317 million in a massive plane.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
nzm May 14th 2010 8:53AM
One of the reasons given for putting the A380 on this route was to give Air France the maximum time to train pilots and other crew members on the A380 while it was in service.
Originally, it was planned to introduce an A380 flight between Paris and Dubai for training purposes, but the shorter flight between Paris and London means no accommodation costs and more employees trained in less time.
We flew in an Emirates A380 between Auckland New Zealand and Dubai back in March - sadly in Economy only, but in the very last row on the port-side, lower deck. We were quite comfortable, the seats were great, entertainment system is awesome and we had fun on the 17 hour flight - including a transit stop in Sydney Australia.
Joe May 17th 2010 6:30AM
This might be something fun to do for the summer. I've walked through and around one during the Paris Airshow but I haven't flown in one yet. A trip from LHR to CDG is in order and the rates are as good as the Eurostar.
Also, US carriers have money for new planes. They can't exactly drive the old ones into the ground, place a new order and expect delivery on Monday. They looked at the A380 and the 787 and decided the 787 made more sense for them. 10% more fuel efficiency over millions of miles comes out to billions of dollars saved.