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Own A Piece Of The First Airbus A380

Matthew Klint Posted onFebruary 19, 2020February 19, 2020 12 Comments

Singapore Airlines was the launch customer of the Airbus A380. It also was the first airline to retire an A380. Now you can own a piece of that original aircraft.

The A380 is nearly 14 years old. Its maiden test flight was from Toulouse in May 2006 and the first model was delivered to Singapore Airlines in October 2007. That month, Sydney launched the inaugural A380 flight from Singapore to Sydney.

10 years later, Singapore retired its first A380, 9V-SKA, after a flight from London to Singapore in June 2017. The aircraft was returned to the lessors, Dr. Peters Group, where it was later sold to Tarmac Aerosave for scrap metal.

Aviationtag, a German company known for making collectible keychains from actual fuselages, has created a limited edition set of 7,000 tags to commemorate the first A380. The cost is EUR27.95 each. You can buy it here.

“Each of the limited edition tag sports the aircraft type, registration number, edition number and size.”

The key tag is a reminder of the short life of the A380, which was either the wrong plane at the wrong time or just ahead of its time, depending upon your perspective.


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Matthew Klint

Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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12 Comments

  1. SharonKurheg Reply
    February 19, 2020 at 10:09 am

    Sold out in 48 hours

    • Matthew Reply
      February 19, 2020 at 10:09 am

      Wow, was available early this morning.

  2. Hammer Reply
    February 19, 2020 at 10:11 am

    “That month, Sydney lunched the inaugural A380 flight from Singapore to Sydney.”

    RIP Sydney airlines. Guess it lunched high capacity flights too fast

    • Matthew Reply
      February 19, 2020 at 10:12 am

      Fixed. Thanks.

  3. Cee Reply
    February 19, 2020 at 10:16 am

    “ the first model was delivered to Singapore Airlines in October 2017”

    Was it 2007?

  4. Steve Reply
    February 19, 2020 at 11:01 am

    I think you mean it was first delivered in 2007, not 2017.

    • Matthew Reply
      February 19, 2020 at 11:02 am

      That was fixed earlier.

  5. Andrew Reply
    February 19, 2020 at 11:29 am

    There is another site (https://planetags.com/collections/commercial-aircraft) that also offers these bag tags from fuselage skin. They don’t currently offer an A380, although they have most other types you’d want. But what I like about them that I didn’t see with the one mentioned in this post is that they will engrave your name/address/phone# on the reverse side of the tag. Also, I was not charged shipping for the 747 tag I ordered.

    • Robert Reply
      February 19, 2020 at 12:48 pm

      Really cool

  6. Andy K Reply
    February 19, 2020 at 11:31 am

    Very cool. Too bad it sold out too fast!

    • Robert Reply
      February 19, 2020 at 12:44 pm

      no kidding…i was ready to buy

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