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The Airbus A380, known for its double-decker design, made its first commercial appearance in the United States in 2008. According to data from Cirium Diio, over 108,000 A380 departures have taken place in the US since then, making the country one of the top three destinations for the aircraft, after the UAE and the UK.
Over the past 17 years, seven airlines have stopped operating the A380 to the US. These carriers include Air France, China Southern, Etihad Airways, Global Airlines (which used Hi Fly Malta to operate its flights), Norwegian (also using Hi Fly), Qatar Airways, and Singapore Airlines. Some of these airlines have either ceased long-haul operations, retired their A380 fleets, or redirected the aircraft to other routes.
Air France was the largest A380 operator among these, with nearly 10,900 departures over 11 years. The airline served six US routes with the aircraft: Paris Charles de Gaulle to Atlanta, Los Angeles, Miami, New York JFK, San Francisco, and Washington Dulles. The first Air France A380 flight to the US was in 2009 on the Paris CDG to New York JFK route. The airline continued flying the aircraft to multiple US cities until early 2020 before discontinuing its use.
