An A380 Every Day

Most of you know that I am a big aviation buff, which is why it is so exciting for me to live in Cronulla. Both my apartment and office are near the flight path of Sydney Kingsford International Airport. Sydney is one of the principal cities of the world, and is serviced by numerous international flights on a daily basis. There is never a shortage of great aircraft spotting, with dozens of 747's, A340's and 777's flying overhead daily. On October 25th of last year, Singapore Airlines was the first to launch commercial service of the Airbus A380 - the largest passenger airliner in the world. The A380 is larger than the 747 and can carry up to 800 passengers. Initially, Singapore Airlines had a single A380 and placed it into daily service between Singapore and Sydney. Today, Singapore Airlines has numerous A380's crossing the globe. Following are a few shots of the A380 in service here in Sydney. I borrowed these photographs from www.airliners.net


A380 Flight Deck - Departing Sydney for the first time in commercial service


First A380 commercial flight departing Sydney for Singapore. My office is in the background near the stacks


A380 near the gate - always an attention getter


A380 approaching Sydney Kingsford - this is what it looks like every day flying over my office


Getting ready to head back to Singapore