I'll start off with the Airbus A340-600. We usually get four of these daily, and occasionally five. China Eastern is the first, arriving mid-morning from Shanghai. The others all arrive in the afternoon and evening from Europe: Lufthansa brings one from Munich, Virgin Atlantic brings two from London, and sometimes Iberia shows up in one from Madrid (although I can't seem to find any photographic evidence of this at the moment).
We have the same airport restrictions with the B777-300 as we do with the A340-600, but there are a whole lot more B773s than there were two years ago: sixteen carriers bring them to LAX, and at least half of those bring in more than one each day.
From an LAX controller point of view, the worst of the oversize airliners is the A380; it is fairly limited in where it can go, and requires an escort any time it moves on the field. We now see six A380s most days at LAX: Two from Qantas, and one each from Korean, Singapore, Air France, and China Southern. More are on the way: British Airways and Emirates are both expected to have A380s at LAX before the end of the year.
The new addition to the list of aircraft that don't fit at LAX is the B747-8. Lufthansa is the only passenger carrier to bring them here; all the rest are freighters, operated by Cargolux, Cathay Pacific, Korean, and Nippon Cargo. Lufthansa is the only one that is regularly seen during daylight hours; the cargo carriers tend to operate at night. At LAX the B748 requires most of the same special considerations as apply to the A380, including an escort for all movements.
