Which airports do you think will see all three types between July and September?

Summary

  • Only 10 airports globally will have Airbus A340, A380, and Boeing 747 flights in the peak summer.
  • Paris CDG just about made the cut.
  • Toronto only features because Air Transat is briefly wet leasing a Hi Fly Airbus A340.

Between July and September, the A340 has scheduled flights to 86 airports globally. The A380 will be seen at 59 airports and the 747 at 30 (passenger flights only). While many airports will see two of the three types, only 10 facilities worldwide will have services aboard all three. This finding is based on examining all planned flights using OAG and Cirium data.

Airports with the A340, A380, and 747

The enormous table that follows details them. Generally, aircraft variants and frequencies are not stated for readability reasons. Some services are very time-limited, particularly at Jeddah on the A340 and 747. They tend to be for pilgrim reasons.

Saudia 747-400 9H-AZA landing shutterstock_2331424807

Photo: Dito Ardiyanto | Shutterstock

Only one flight is required to be included, which is why Paris CDG will see all three types. Korean Air will only deploy the 368-seat 747-8 on the route on August 14, with the rest of its flights on the 777-300ER. In July, Air Senegal has just five departures back to Dakar on an A340-300, the rest on the A330neo.

This article examines July-September only; the results will vary at other times. A winter version will likely be produced later in the year. All freight services are excluded. The results might differ if cities were examined instead of airports.

Airport

July-Sept max daily departures*

A340

A380

747

Frankfurt

40

Lufthansa (27 routes)

Emirates (Dubai), Singapore Airlines (Singapore)

Lufthansa (19 routes)

Jeddah

Six

Air Senegal (twice to Dakar), Kam Air (Kandahar, Kabul, Mazar-I-Sharif), Royal Air Maroc (Casablanca; A340-300 wet-leased from Hi Fly)

Emirates (Dubai)

Saudia (Batam, Palembang; very time-limited)

Johannesburg

Six

South African (just once to Cape Town, five times to Mauritius, and its returned route to Perth), SWISS (Zurich)

British Airways (London Heathrow), Emirates (Dubai), Qantas (Sydney; A380 from September 30)

Lufthansa (Frankfurt)

Los Angeles

11

Lufthansa (Frankfurt)

Asiana (Seoul Incheon), British Airways (London Heathrow), Emirates (Dubai), Korean Air (Seoul Incheon), Lufthansa (Munich), Qantas (Melbourne, Sydney)

Lufthansa (Frankfurt)

Mumbai

Four

Lufthansa (Frankfurt, Munich)

Emirates (Dubai), Singapore Airways (Singapore)

Lufthansa (Frankfurt)

New York JFK

11

Air Senegal (Dakar), Lufthansa (Frankfurt)

Emirates (Dubai, Milan Malpensa), Etihad (Abu Dhabi), Korean Air (Seoul Incheon), Lufthansa (Munich)

Air China (Beijing Capital), Korean Air (Seoul Incheon), Lufthansa (Frankfurt)

Paris CDG

Five

Air Senegal (five times to Dakar)

Emirates (Dubai), Qatar Airways (Doha)

Korean Air (once to Seoul Incheon on August 14)

Seoul Incheon

15

SWISS (Zurich)

Asiana (Barcelona, Los Angeles, Osaka Kansai**, Taipei, Tokyo Narita), Emirates (Dubai), Korean Air (JFK, Los Angeles)

Korean Air (Atlanta, Honolulu, JFK, Heathrow from June 26, Paris CDG), Lufthansa (Frankfurt)

Shanghai Pudong

Four

Lufthansa (Frankfurt), Mahan Air (Tehran Imam Khomeini), SWISS (Zurich)

Singapore Airlines (Singapore)

Lufthansa (Frankfurt)

Toronto

Three

Air Transat (Barcelona, Lisbon, Porto in July on a wet-leased Hi Fly A340-300)

Emirates (Dubai)

Lufthansa (Frankfurt)

* By the three types (each way) at any time in the three months

** The world’s shortest A380 service in this period

Air Transat using the A340

Cross-referenced with the Canadian leisure carrier’s booking engine, flights on the A340-300 are available on the following occasions in July:

  • Toronto-Lisbon: July 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 13, 14, 15.
  • Toronto-Barcelona: July 2 and 9.
  • Toronto-Porto: July 5, 12.
TS Hi Fly A340

Image: Air Transat

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