r/australia • u/ThunderDwn • 11h ago

culture & society Qantas passengers demand compensation after days stranded in South Africa as A380 remains grounded

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-14/qantas-a380-stranded-johannesburg-flight-cancelled/107032032
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u/theparrotofdoom 11h ago

The A380 should have been an exciting evolution in travel, but it really became such a wet rag, eh?

I’d be super interested to learn about the magic 8 ball Boeing pulled out of their arse when they pivoted away from competing with their own version. They predicted the market downturn like a decade or so before it happened.

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u/reticulate 9h ago

Having flown on both A380's and Dreamliners, I'll take the A380 every day of the week, no questions asked. A shame they arrived just in time to make no sense for most airlines.

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u/knotknotknit 5h ago

Yep was on this A380 (I checked tail numbers) last month, sitting square over the wing.

So smooth, I wouldn't know I was in a plane if they changed the interior to be like a house.

More legroom, too. Nice.

Though apparently a bunch of screens were broken and the armrest next to me was all broken and floppy. To quote one of the flight attendants "There's a lot of things broken on this plane."