The only time I have seen A380s in person is when I was connecting in Frankfurt Germany. I hope they will start flying here soon. I would love to see it. It will be awesome!
they do fly to JFK, but not to O'Hare at least not as of now. I am assuming Lufthansa,Emirates and British Airways will start using their A380-800 soon!
Not the VERY near future, but it's my understanding that the plan is to go to daily A380 service from EK...eventually. We're also expecting a few other airlines to consider running A380's here.
Kevin Davis Unfortunately, no. We have no scheduled A380 service. There's a chance (or several - Air France, Asiana, British Airways, Emirates, Etihad, Korean, Lufthansa, & Qatar all operate A380's, just not to Chicago) that we may see an equipment change one day due to other planes being out of service or something major going on, so I'm holding out hope for a day lie that. But for now, bothing is planned or scheduled.
Kevin Davis I highly doubt that. Everyone seems to be going down to 2 engines. Korean used to fly 747's daily here. Now they fly B77W's. Same for Etihad who once routed A345's here. Royal Jordanian switched from the A342 to the B788.
As CAS said, the future of 4-engine planes is uncertain. Carriers are replacing their 747s either with 2-engine jumbos, like B777s (and especially the new generation 777X that will launch soon, which saves energy), or with the smaller B787 and A350 (either with increased frequency, or relying less on the hub-spoke model). So, the future of the A380 is up in the air. Some B747s will continue to operate for a while: The last B747-400s were delivered in 2009, still young planes by 747 standards (these aircraft last longer than smaller planes), which easily have over ten years ahead of them still. Also, a handful of B747-8s were delivered between 2012 and 2017. While we'll see fewer 747s *and* 380s in the coming years, the younger ones will still be in the air operating niche routes, like say between high-demand, slot-restricted airports like between JFK and LHR.
when are they bringing this new aircraft in near future to travel on this new plane i would love to travel on this plane asap keep me update from chicago to ahembadad my trip bigings on january 4 2017 to march 7 2017
+A.S. Aviation & Rail Productions 2016 A6-ECQ operate EK235/18 // DXB-ORD and the return EK236/18 // ORD-DXB That was on Monday the 18th. The A380 was here and gone yesterday, Tuesday the 19th. Today, we reverted back to B77W EK service with A6-ECE www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/ek235
Johnny Mitchell AAL and UAL run their own, ASIG runs Delta/most of the UA regional gates as well as SE Cargo, and we're a small, private company, IGC, Inc.
O'hare Airport handles more bigger airplanes than Midway Airport, that is because O'hare Airport is bigger, has more bigger runways and much more space to park large aircraft like the world's biggest passenger airplane the Airbus A380-800. Ever since that Midway is a smaller Airport, it cannot handle large airplanes like the Boeing 767, Boeing 777 and the Airbus A380-800 like O'hare Airport can.
Being your average ramp agent, I'd have to say that the afternoons are less than desirable and far from comfortable, lol. But I do agree that it's far better in the morning and evening.
Josh Malecki Who do you work for? I've worked just about every ramp at ORD, but I gotta say, overnight, graveyard shifts, on the cargo ramp are my absolute favorites.
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beautiful shots... perfect vantage point, thanks for bringing this one home for us, jose!
The only time I have seen A380s in person is when I was connecting in Frankfurt Germany. I hope they will start flying here soon. I would love to see it. It will be awesome!
G-Man So Fly I saw A380's in New York's airport but not O'hare...
they do fly to JFK, but not to O'Hare at least not as of now. I am assuming Lufthansa,Emirates and British Airways will start using their A380-800 soon!
I never noticed the upgrade to M11. I've seen BA use is often. Does anyone use both jet bridges?
do you know if they have plans to introduce the Emirates A380 flight from ORD to DXB in the near future?
Not the VERY near future, but it's my understanding that the plan is to go to daily A380 service from EK...eventually. We're also expecting a few other airlines to consider running A380's here.
You work as a air traffic controller nice!
No, negative. I'm a ramp controller. I'm just in charge of the gates at the International terminal.
Hopefully Qantas will gate here. But the breakup in flight is nice flying to Melbourne from DFW.
Superb catch!
Thank you for watching!
Neat.. So any more a380 flights in Chicago anytime soon??
Kevin Davis Unfortunately, no. We have no scheduled A380 service. There's a chance (or several - Air France, Asiana, British Airways, Emirates, Etihad, Korean, Lufthansa, & Qatar all operate A380's, just not to Chicago) that we may see an equipment change one day due to other planes being out of service or something major going on, so I'm holding out hope for a day lie that. But for now, bothing is planned or scheduled.
My guess, once the 747 is phased out, then I think we could see more 380.. But I could be wrong.
Kevin Davis I highly doubt that. Everyone seems to be going down to 2 engines. Korean used to fly 747's daily here. Now they fly B77W's. Same for Etihad who once routed A345's here. Royal Jordanian switched from the A342 to the B788.
May 8th,2018. British Airways A380 will start regular flights into Ohare
As CAS said, the future of 4-engine planes is uncertain. Carriers are replacing their 747s either with 2-engine jumbos, like B777s (and especially the new generation 777X that will launch soon, which saves energy), or with the smaller B787 and A350 (either with increased frequency, or relying less on the hub-spoke model). So, the future of the A380 is up in the air. Some B747s will continue to operate for a while: The last B747-400s were delivered in 2009, still young planes by 747 standards (these aircraft last longer than smaller planes), which easily have over ten years ahead of them still. Also, a handful of B747-8s were delivered between 2012 and 2017. While we'll see fewer 747s *and* 380s in the coming years, the younger ones will still be in the air operating niche routes, like say between high-demand, slot-restricted airports like between JFK and LHR.
when are they bringing this new aircraft in near future to travel on this new plane i would love to travel on this plane asap keep me update from chicago to ahembadad my trip bigings on january 4 2017 to march 7 2017
great video
Thank you very much! :)
Good video
Awesome! Where did you film this from?
Thank you! I was on top of the Terminal 5 ramp control tower.
+joseg2143 what a lucky opportunity!
+grahamboaviation I work up there ;) I have to be up there everyday, anyway!
very nice video joseg. I will love to be a air traffic controller,please give me information the step's i have to take. Thank you
I'm not an air traffic controller. i'm a ramp controller.
The return flight wasn't cancelled?
Nope. they put speed tape over the scratches/dents on the fuselage and skipped town!
+joseg2143 wow. Then why was A6-ECQ brought in yesterday?
+A.S. Aviation & Rail Productions 2016 A6-ECQ operate EK235/18 // DXB-ORD and the return EK236/18 // ORD-DXB
That was on Monday the 18th. The A380 was here and gone yesterday, Tuesday the 19th. Today, we reverted back to B77W EK service with A6-ECE www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/ek235
+joseg2143 oh I see. Sorry my bad
+A.S. Aviation & Rail Productions 2016 No worries!
what company runs the ramp tower here?
Johnny Mitchell AAL and UAL run their own, ASIG runs Delta/most of the UA regional gates as well as SE Cargo, and we're a small, private company, IGC, Inc.
cool thanks!
What time was this?
Oh, this was pretty late...I wanna say sometime between 2100-2130 local? They were a scheduled 2000 departure, but they had several issues.
i heard either catering or swissport or asig who does their ramp damaged the plane lmao
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O'hare Airport handles more bigger airplanes than Midway Airport, that is because O'hare Airport is bigger, has more bigger runways and much more space to park large aircraft like the world's biggest passenger airplane the Airbus A380-800. Ever since that Midway is a smaller Airport, it cannot handle large airplanes like the Boeing 767, Boeing 777 and the Airbus A380-800 like O'hare Airport can.
It really takes a genius to figure that out and then to post a comment about it.
sick
EK Emirates ❤✈️ LAX Dubai next year🇦🇪
I was there when it landed but not when it took off
Yeah, they took a pretty big delay. They should have been pushing bavk at about 8 PM and they took about an hour, hour-and-a-half delay.
ORD does look beautiful at night
It's great out there at any time of day, but nighttime is great!
Being your average ramp agent, I'd have to say that the afternoons are less than desirable and far from comfortable, lol. But I do agree that it's far better in the morning and evening.
Josh Malecki Who do you work for? I've worked just about every ramp at ORD, but I gotta say, overnight, graveyard shifts, on the cargo ramp are my absolute favorites.
joseg2143 I work for TAS, doing China Eastern, Icelandair and sometimes Air France.
I don't think he's around anymore, I've never met him