Airbus delivers 10th A380 airplane in 2010

Airbus has delivered Singapore Airlines’ 11th A380 and Lufthansa’s second A380 on Friday, July 16, taking the A380 in-service fleet to 33 aircraft. These deliveries bring the year’s A380 deliveries by mid-July to 10, putting Airbus well on track to meet its full year’s target of at least 20.

The other A380 operators are Emirates Airline which has a fleet of 11, Air France with a fleet of three and Qantas with a fleet of six. Together, the five A380 operators serve 18 major cities worldwide every day. The 31 A380s in service to date have clocked up 156,000 revenue flight hours in some 17,000 commercial flights and transported over six million passengers to 20 major international destinations worldwide in unequalled comfort.

Airbus has received to date 234 orders for the A380 from 17 customers.