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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Nick Visser

A love letter to the A380, the retiring behemoth that takes Qantas travellers back in time

Qantas Airbus United States
The A380, pictured above Sydney in 2005, first took to the skies for Qantas in 2008. The airline will stop flying the superjumbo in 2028, partly due to high maintenance costs.
An A380 over Sydney. The Airbus superjumbos first took to the skies for Qantas in 2008. The airline will stop flying them in 2028, partly due to high maintenance costs. Photograph: AP

I was late to the A380 party.

It took a move to Australia from the US, a passport itching for some stamps and a steady stream of family Christmases back home before I boarded one of Airbus’s double-decker behemoths a decade ago.

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