Son wants to fly on an A380

[Deanno1dad]

As the title suggests my son has always wanted to travel on an A380
I'm looking at any airline or route that can basically guarantee the flight to a destination for a weeks break.
hopefully looking to travel April or may next year from London .
Is there a way to check flight schedules to 100% guarantee the aircraft to a destination .
hoping to not be more then 7 or 8 hours away and a bit of sunshine.
over to you guys

[Bradgate]

Emirates, Heathrow to Dubai is your best bet. Only operates on A380.

BA operate A380 on Heathrow to Los Angeles, San Francisco & Johannesburg, among others. You can check specific flights on BA.com, the aircraft type will be listed as ‘380’. Obviously, any aircraft can develop a technical problem on the day, and you can never 100% guarantee that a particular type will operate a particular flight on a particular day.

[alangla]

Bradgate said:

Emirates, Heathrow to Dubai is your best bet. Only operates on A380.

BA operate A380 on Heathrow to Los Angeles, San Francisco & Johannesburg, among others. You can check specific flights on BA.com, the aircraft type will be listed as 380 . Obviously, any aircraft can develop a technical problem on the day, and you can never 100% guarantee that a particular type will operate a particular flight on a particular day.

Beware. The one time I was in a position to travel on an A380 flight was coming back from our honeymoon via Dulles. At that point the daily offering was an A380 and a 777, so I booked the A380 and paid extra for a double seat upstairs. A couple of months ahead of the flight it got altered to a pair of 747s each day resulting in all sorts of faff getting our seats sorted. On the day a 777 turned up resulting in carnage.

In short, stick to Emirates or maybe Qatar or Etihad from Heathrow, or consider Lufthansa but only on a route that has been solid A380s for years but even then I wouldn’t rely on it.

[Shnozz]

alangla said:

Beware. The one time I was in a position to travel on an A380 flight was coming back from our honeymoon via Dulles. At that point the daily offering was an A380 and a 777, so I booked the A380 and paid extra for a double seat upstairs. A couple of months ahead of the flight it got altered to a pair of 747s each day resulting in all sorts of faff getting our seats sorted. On the day a 777 turned up resulting in carnage.

In short, stick to Emirates or maybe Qatar or Etihad from Heathrow, or consider Lufthansa but only on a route that has been solid A380s for years but even then I wouldn t rely on it.

Agreed. Stick with Emirates. I have had the same with BA and had to ensure a 777. Was booked on business class and it was such a miserable experience I ended up complaining and getting a chunky BA voucher on the back of it. Completely crap flight from JFK back to London.

[Dashnine]

Bradgate said:

Emirates, Heathrow to Dubai is your best bet. Only operates on A380.

Definitely go to Dubai - he’ll be astounded at the number of A380s lined up, one after the other!

[paulguitar]

Dashnine said:

Bradgate said:

Emirates, Heathrow to Dubai is your best bet. Only operates on A380.

Definitely go to Dubai - he ll be astounded at the number of A380s lined up, one after the other!

It's the same at Changi. I remember looking out of the window there and only being able to see 380s.

[Jader1973]

Glasgow to Dubai is an A380.

If you fly out from there you’ll be able to watch it land as well. Might be more interesting for him?

Emirates do multi city, so you could fly back to Heathrow.

[hidetheelephants]

Jader1973 said:

Glasgow to Dubai is an A380.

If you fly out from there you ll be able to watch it land as well. Might be more interesting for him?

Emirates do multi city, so you could fly back to Heathrow.

Bloody hell, the toytown infrastructure at Glasgow must be bedlam dealing with even a half-full A380, if there are any other arrivals at the same time it would be like the evacuation of Saigon.

[DJC76]

paulguitar said:

Dashnine said:

Bradgate said:

Emirates, Heathrow to Dubai is your best bet. Only operates on A380.

Definitely go to Dubai - he ll be astounded at the number of A380s lined up, one after the other!

It's the same at Changi. I remember looking out of the window there and only being able to see 380s.

Less so these days. Singapore don’t have that many 380’s left, BA aren’t flying theirs to SIN atm. A few Emirates visitors each day, one Qantas, one Etihad. Dubai is definitely the place to go for A380’s and certainly the best option if you’re looking to do a medium haul daytime flight. It’s a wonderful aircraft as a passenger but with the exception of emirates not many airlines fell in love with it.

OP the only disadvantage with emirates from the U.K. is that they tend to be configured so that upstairs is for premium seats only ie first and business. There’s not much point flying on an A380 and sitting downstairs if your lad really wants to fly on one. BA do operate one A380 to Dubai each day and they do have economy seating upstairs although be warned it’s a tad miserable.