{"id":404256,"date":"2026-04-12T23:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T13:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/airbus-a380-flights-down-17-percent\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T23:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T13:00:17","slug":"end-of-an-era-airbus-a380-flights-plunge-by-massive-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=404256","title":{"rendered":"End Of An Era? Airbus A380 Flights Plunge By Massive 17%"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s fair to say that the 2020s haven’t been the kindest decade for theAirbus A380<\/span><\/span>. With the type having been more or less grounded worldwide as a result of the coronavirus pandemic at the start of the decade, certain operators took the chance to withdraw the type from use. While most users slowly but surely got their superjumbos back in the skies, the2026 Iran Crisis<\/a><\/span> is proving to be another hurdle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Despite most operators having cut superjumbo flights, a select few are operating more than this time last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[426,898,396,476,1695,1514,15477],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-404256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airbus","category-airbus-a380","category-aircraft","category-airlines","category-middle-east","category-qatar-airways","category-sf-routes-analysis"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t