Malaysia Airlines retiring Airbus A380s
Malaysia Airlines confirmed it will retire all six of its Airbus A380 superjumbos.
They will be retired over the coming months with long haul international travel still heavily impacted.
"We are cognizant of the challenges to sell this aeroplane, but we are still looking at ways and means to dispose of our A380 fleet," CEO Izham Ismail said.
"At the moment, the management is convinced that the A380 doesn’t fit the future plan."
MAS was one of the earliest A380 customers for Airbus, taking delivery of its first in 2012.
The airline was looking to offload the A380s well before the pandemic, due to its well documented financial issues following two air accidents in 2014.
Several airlines have announced plans to ditch the aircraft although Qantas and British Airways have said they plan to fly them again when the market picks up.
As it says farewell to the superjumbo, the airline expects to take delivery of Boeing Max jets in 2024 but Ismail said that timeline could be brought forward.
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