Etihad Airways Scraps All Airbus A380 Flights To North America: See Map Now

Credit: Michael Leak | Shutterstock, Simple Flying Published Nov 11, 2026, 10:00 AM EST James lives and breathes route development. Educated in Air Transport Management at Loughborough University and Cranfield University, James has a PhD in Airline Strategy and Economics. James was Market Opportunity Analyst at London Luton Airport and Chief Analyst at anna.aero. He taught airline strategy and economics to undergraduate and postgraduate students for five years and has worked closely with multiple carriers on route and market intelligence projects. He is based near London, UK. Etihad Airways is making significant changes to its global network. This includes one route being dropped, many others with fewer frequencies, and some notable aircraft changes. This includes the Airbus A380 being removed from Toronto, which was the only route to North America on which the type was deployed. Singapore will also no longer see the superjumbo. The changes have materialized following the removal of Etihad's Chief Revenue and Commercial Officer, Arik De. For a better understanding of the situation, you can read the 500+ comments in this One Mile At A Time article. His tenure at Etihad saw the airline, whose hub is in Abu Dhabi, grow substantially, while introducing some highly notable and questionable new routes, including to Luxembourg and Calgary. Etihad Removes The A380 From Toronto Credit: MBekir | Shutterstock The Gulf airline's final double-decker service to Toronto, and also Canada and North America as a whole, will be in just over two months, on January 18, 2027. The 486-seat superjumbo currently runs daily with the following schedule, which is, of course, driven by connectivity via the UAE capital, especially to/from India. Frequency Abu Dhabi To Toronto; Local Times Toronto To Abu Dhabi; Local Times Daily EY21: 3:20 AM-8:50 AM (14 hours and 30 minutes) EY22: 2:25 PM-12:20 PM+1 (12 hours and 55 minutes) From January 19, the 371-seat A350-1000 will be deployed to Canada's busiest airport. The equipment switch does not just mean 24% fewer seats for sale per day. It also means that Toronto will no longer have The Residence or first class, while the number of business seats will drop by 37% from 70 to 44. Economy capacity will fall by 19%, with a loss of 78 seats. Premium seats on the long route will be reduced from 17% of the total on the A380 to 11% on the A350. Given how utterly critical the lower-yielding transit traffic is to/from India, this move is perhaps very sensible. It also brings Toronto in line with Etihad's other routes to the US and Canada, all of which are also on the A350 or the Boeing 787-9. Nearly all of them do not have first class. The A380 first appeared in Toronto in June 2025. It was the first time that Etihad had deployed the type to Canada. This was notable for various reasons. For example, it was redeployed from New York JFK, marking the first time that Toronto had two A380 operators with regular flights. Etihad joined Emirates, which has flown the type there since 2009. Etihad's arrival meant that Canada had two double-decker users for the first time since British Airways pulled out of Vancouver in 2022. Etihad Also Removes The A380 From Singapore Credit: Fasttailwind | Shutterstock The double-decker lasted a bit longer on flights from Abu Dhabi to Singapore than it did to Toronto. The 486-seater first appeared in Lion City in February 2025. The type flew daily until early April 2026, when the 226-seat 787-9 replaced it. After the A380 briefly returned in June, the 787-9 continues to fly. Frequency Abu Dhabi To Singapore; Local Times (December 15-21) Singapore To Abu Dhabi; Local Times (December 15-21 Daily EY498: 10:05 PM-9:35 AM+1 EY499: 7:25 PM-11:00 PM The plan was for the superjumbo to return on December 15 and operate daily thereafter. The type will still return on that date, but will now only operate through January 10 to capture peak traffic for Christmastime and the New Year. From January 11, the so-called Dreamliner, to use the Boeing moniker, will return. Unsurprisingly, Singapore's schedule is largely about connectivity to/from Europe. Loading map… Drag to explore The exit of Etihad's A380s is part of wider double-decker changes at SIN. For example, Qatar Airways removed the type from Doha to Singapore in March 2026, which was when Qantas stopped using it from Melbourne. British Airways introduced the equipment from London Heathrow six months later. However, Emirates's offering is growing, and the airline will now mainly have three daily services to Changi on the A380 next year. Etihad's A380s Will Now Be On Four Routes (For Now) Credit: Michael Winner | Shutterstock On January 11, the A380 will no longer fly to Singapore, followed by Toronto a week later. From January 19 onward, Etihad's A380 network will, for now at least, consist of Bangkok (served during the winter until the end of March 2027; daily), London Heathrow (two daily), Paris CDG (returns at the end of March 2027; daily), and Tokyo Narita (returns at the end of March 2027; daily). All the changes mentioned in this article come about a month after Etihad reactivated its last A380. Ch-aviation shows that the carrier now has nine superjumbos, while the tenth airframe was scrapped. It remains to be seen if various aircraft will now be grounded or if they will be deployed elsewhere. There are few places to fly the A380. Speaking anonymously on November 6, an Etihad employee said that "it became an openly talked-about thing within Revenue and Commercial that the A380 was being moved to different locations [destinations] with absolutely nothing to do with strategy." Now that De has gone, the type will be removed from Toronto and Singapore. Will Bangkok or Tokyo be next? Only time will tell.