Editing Airbus A380 (section)

==Operational history==
In February 2009, the one millionth passenger was flown with Singapore Airlines<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=87805|title=Singapore Airlines celebrates its first millionth A380 passenger|publisher=WebWire|date=19 February 2009|access-date=30 December 2011}}</ref> and by May of that year 1,500,000 passengers had flown on 4,200 flights.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flugrevue.de/de/zivilluftfahrt/fluggeraete/airbus-a380-mehr-als-15-millionen-passagiere.10409.htm|title=Airbus A380: Mehr als 1,5 Millionen Passagiere|publisher=FlugRevue|date=11 May 2009|access-date=7 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902190617/http://www.flugrevue.de/de/zivilluftfahrt/fluggeraete/airbus-a380-mehr-als-15-millionen-passagiere.10409.htm|archive-date=2 September 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Air France]] received its first A380 in October 2009.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Strong Euro Weighs on Airbus, Suppliers|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=30 October 2009|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704317704574503291415066898|first=Daniel|last=Michaels|access-date=30 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Air France set to get Europe's first A380 superjumbo|publisher=MSN News|date=30 October 2009|url=http://news.ph.msn.com/business/article.aspx?cp-documentid=3678311|access-date=30 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714130008/http://news.ph.msn.com/business/article.aspx?cp-documentid=3678311|archive-date=14 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Lufthansa]] received its first A380 in May 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flugrevue.de/de/zivilluftfahrt/airlines-flugbetrieb/lufthansa-uebernimmt-a380-am-19-mai-trainingsfluege-in-ganz-deutschland.21022.htm|title=Lufthansa übernimmt A380 am 19. Mai – Trainingsflüge in ganz Deutschland|publisher=Flugrevue.de|access-date=3 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513052533/http://www.flugrevue.de/de/zivilluftfahrt/airlines-flugbetrieb/lufthansa-uebernimmt-a380-am-19-mai-trainingsfluege-in-ganz-deutschland.21022.htm|archive-date=13 May 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> By July 2010, the 31 A380s then in service had transported 6 million passengers on 17,000 flights between 20 international destinations.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.airbus.com/presscentre/pressreleases/press-release-detail/detail/airbus-delivers-tenth-a380-in-2010/|title=Airbus delivers tenth A380 in 2010|date=16 July 2011|access-date=7 August 2011}}</ref>

Airbus delivered the 100th A380 on 14 March 2013 to [[Malaysia Airlines]].<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.airbus.com/newsroom/news/en/2013/03/the-a380-global-fleet-spreads-its-wings-as-deliveries-hit-the-century-mark.html|title=The A380 global fleet spreads its wings as deliveries hit the 'century mark'|work=Airbus|date=14 March 2013|access-date=4 December 2017|archive-date=5 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171205042137/http://www.airbus.com/newsroom/news/en/2013/03/the-a380-global-fleet-spreads-its-wings-as-deliveries-hit-the-century-mark.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In June 2014, over 65 million passengers had flown the A380,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.airbus.com/aircraftfamilies/passengeraircraft/a380family/a380-routes/|title=Where is the A380 flying?|publisher=airbus.com|access-date=1 April 2015|archive-date=31 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231132110/http://www.airbus.com/aircraftfamilies/passengeraircraft/a380family/a380-routes/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and more than 100 million passengers (averaging 375 per flight) by September 2015, with an [[availability]] of 98.5%.<ref name="awFlot2015-10-29">{{cite web|url=http://aviationweek.com/airbus-a380/report-card-airbus-a380-after-eight-years-service|title=Airbus A380 After Eight Years in Service|author=Jens Flottau|work=Aviation Week & Space Technology|date=29 October 2015}}</ref> In 2014, Emirates stated that its A380 fleet had [[Passenger load factor|load factor]]s of 90–100%, and that the popularity of the aircraft with its passengers had not decreased in the past year.<ref name="fgLook" />

On 16 December 2021, their largest customer, Emirates, received its 123rd A380 in Hamburg, which was the 251st and the last Superjumbo delivered by Airbus. The airline's strategy has enabled A380 teams to develop new innovations on an ongoing basis and improve the aircraft's operational performance by up to 99.3%, a level never seen before on a quadjet airliner. Many of the innovations developed on the Emirates A380 cabin were a first for Airbus, such as the first class showers, lighting scenarios, and the recent premium economy cabin. The close collaboration has shaped the identity of the A380 over the years and continues to transform the passenger experience today.<ref name="A380_123rdEmirates">{{cite press release |title=The A380, Emirates and flying public : A winning combination |url=https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/stories/2021-12-the-a380-emirates-and-flying-public-a-winning-combination |work=Airbus Commercial Aircraft |date=16 December 2021 |access-date=25 December 2021}}</ref>

{{As of|2021|12|lc=y|alt=By December 2021}}, the global A380 fleet had carried over 300 million passengers to more than 70 destinations and completed more than 800,000 flights over 7.3&nbsp;million block hours with 99 percent operational reliability and no hull-loss accidents. Over 50% of A380 capacity is from/to/within the [[Asia-Pacific]] region, of which around 15% is on regional flights within Asia (OAG 2017).<ref name="A380_2021file">{{cite news |title=A380 |url=https://www.airbus.com/sites/g/files/jlcbta136/files/2022-01/EN-Airbus-A380-Facts-and-Figures-January-2022.pdf |date= 14 January 2022 |publisher= Airbus |access-date=}}</ref>
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