Do A380s fly into Chicago?

Used at Chicago until October 2019, the A380 returned in June 2022. While it presently operates daily, it will only briefly be flown there this winter (when Dubai reduces to daily), with just 56 roundtrip flights in November/December. When it ceases, Chicago will no longer have any A380 flights.



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None of the US-based airlines operate the A380, although a number of airlines use A380s to fly to the United States, including Air France, Asiana, British Airways, China Southern, Emirates, Ethiad, Korean Air, Lufthansa, Qantas and Singapore Airlines. Or at least that was the list as of about a year ago.

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The arrival of the A380 in 2007 was poorly timed. The price of jet fuel had begun to creep up, and by 2007 was floating at around $4 a gallon. This made airlines shy away from the expensive to operate four engine jets of the 80s and 90s, and to look instead to fuel efficiency as a major deciding factor.

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AIRBUS 380 MoS
  • ANC - Anchorage International Airport.
  • ATL - Atlanta Hartsfield International Airport.
  • BOS - Boston Logan International Airport.
  • DEN - Denver International Airport.
  • DFW - Dallas/Ft. ...
  • HNL - Honolulu International Airport.
  • IAD - Washington Dulles International Airport.
  • IAH - Houston Intercontinental Airport, Texas.


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Air France A380 Operations It went on to operate ten of the type, all based at its Paris Charles de Gaulle hub, and flying to long-haul destinations like Abuja, Atlanta, New York JFK, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Shanghai, Mexico City, Johannesburgh and Dubai.

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No US-based airline ever ordered the Airbus A380. With production ending next year, none ever will. Why was it that the A380 never sold in America, and what does that tell us about the issues with the plane? Let's find out.

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Emirates A380.

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The bottom line. Overall, the A380 seems to come out far ahead in first class as there may also be wider availability of tickets. It also comes ahead in business class unless passengers are traveling in pairs and do not need access to the bar.

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That was one of the reasons Air France, the first European airline to fly the jet, decided to ditch A380 on August 5. The estimated cost of upgrading economy and business classes, at over $45 million (£37m), was just too much compared to investing into newer aircraft instead.

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Many more airports, up to 400, can technically land and unload an A380. This is why we have seen the Airbus A380 fly into some unusual airports like Singapore's A380s flying to Alice Springs or Hi Fly to Grand Canaria.

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