A380 super-jumbo takes first peep outside French hangar
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The A380 super-jumbo passenger jet, due to be officially unveiled next week, was wheeled out of its hangar in southwestern France for the first time.
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The supersonic aircraft Concorde returned to one of its birthplaces when a museum devoted to the sleek plane opened near Bristol.
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Consortium Airbus unveils the world's largest plane, the 555-passenger A380 in a ceremony in France.
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BRITISH WORKERS beavering away in Broughton, north Wales, on the wings for Airbusâs new A380 super-jumbo, have little time to ponder the arcane power politics of the ElysÃ©e Palace, Franceâs equivalent of 10 Downing Street.
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The world's biggest jumbo jet lifted  off safely on Thursday from Singapore on its long-delayed first  commercial flight, as part of Singapore Airlines' daily service  to Sydney.
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Airbus has completed a globe-spanning test flight for the A380 and expected to obtain airworthiness certification for the world's biggest commercial airliner in mid-December.
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Airbus showed off its giant A380, a double-decked behemoth that could revolutionize long-haul flying, at a lavish ceremony Tuesday with European leaders gathered for the first official look at the world's ...
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Singapore Airlines flight SQ380 took the air Thursday and made aviation history as the first commercial flight of the long-awaited mammoth flying machine, the Airbus A380.
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Nearly 500 employees of the European aircraft manufacturer Airbus have taken off aboard the company's A380 superjumbo at the start of a series of trials to test the new plane's passenger arrangements.
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A Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 took off on a historic journey Thursday Â the first commercial flight by the world's largest jetliner, which boasts luxurious suites enclosed by sliding doors, double beds, a bar and the quietest interior of any plane.
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A French military jet believed to be carrying the Palestinian leader landed today at an airfield outside Paris, witnesses said.
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The biggest passenger airliner the world has ever seen will roll out of its hangar for the first time next week to proud smiles from European leaders who backed its construction -- and a scowl from the US company Boeing, whose king-of-the-skies status has been lost.
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Passengers leave a Virgin Blue jetliner after arriving at Maroochy Airport, on Queensland&#39;s Sunshine Coast. Photo:Andy Zakeli.
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Air France-KLM have said it plans to use one of its first Airbus A380 superjumbos on the Paris to Tokyo route from 2009 to boost flight capacity to Japan's congested Narita airport.
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The Airbus super-jumbo A380 is to be officially presented on January 18 at Blagnac airport near Toulouse, about two months before its maiden flight, chief executive Noel Forgeard said Tuesday.
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The move largely overshadowed news of the initial passenger flight for the worldÂs largest commercial aircraft.
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A Dublin-bound plane was at the centre of a major security alert in France yesterday. The Icelandic Airlines Boeing 737 had taken off from the Balearic Islands in Spain, but was diverted to the French city