Singapore Airlines, the first carrier to take ownership of the world's largest passenger jet, the Airbus A380, has flown its inaugural commercial flight from Singapore to Sydney. ZDNet Australia visited Sydney Airport to see what customers can expect from what's been dubbed the "big fella" by air traffic controllers.
Singapore took delivery of its first A380-800 aircraft on 15 October at Airbus' headquarters in Toulouse, France. The second, third and fourth planes will be delivered between January, February and April 2008, respectively. They are planned to be used on Singapore to London flights.
The A380 is a massive aircraft. With a wingspan of 79.8m, 72 cars could park on each of them. The plane also measures 73m long and 24.1m high.
Credit: Airbus
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shauno
30/10/2007 10:48 PM
Wrong! The 787 dreamliner is not the A380's direct opposition its a totally different aircraft in the same class size as say the A330 340 and 777. Although Airbus does not have any thing near ready to rival the 787's technology in the same class. The only opposition to the A380 is the 747.
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gwe
06/11/2007 04:14 PM
exelent
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