Starting June 6, 2011, Air France started its Airbus A380 Super Jumbo services to Washington Dulles and San Francisco International from Paris-Charles de Gaulle. The service to Washington Dulles would operate year around. The SFO service would be a summer only affair (ends in September 4, 2011). Air France already operates A380 services from Paris CDG to New York JFK and Montreal, Canada.
In the meantime, Lufthansa inaugurates its A380 service to Miami on June 10, 2011 (on the Frankfurt route). Lufthansa already operates A380 services from Frankfurt to New York JFK and San Francisco. All Lufthansa services are operated year around.
Air France A380 - Courtesy: Air France
Happy Flying!!!
BTW, don’t expect a 380 service from any US carriers or British Airways. They have no A380 in their order books. Their plan is to have the B787 Dreamliner as an alternative to the Airbus Super Jumbo. The earliest available delivery date for the B787, which Boeing keeps deferring, is fall 2011.
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