A380âs Initial Flight Is an Aviation Buffâs Delight
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After glitches and delays amid growing demand for air travel, Singapore Airlines savored the distinction of being the first to fly the double-decker behemoth with paying passengers.
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TOULOUSE, France  - Planemaker Airbus threw a  spectacular party Tuesday for the world's largest airliner, the  A380 -- overweight, overbudget and yet to fly, but hailed by  its makers as a major European feat that will reshape aviation.
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The Airbus A380 took off on its first passenger flight Monday, just months before the world's largest airliner is set to begin carrying paying customers with Singapore Airlines.
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Prince William describes the excitement of his first solo flight just eight days into his RAF secondment.
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The Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger jet, took off with a full load of passengers for the first time Monday and the European aircraft maker announced further management changes in the wake of costly delays to the 10 billion euro ($13 billion) super jumbo program.
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Major airlines turn in a surprising industry performance.
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Travel: In pictures: The world's biggest passenger plane makes its first commercial voyage.
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The Airbus A380, a gargantuan, double-deck plane, is dedicated to the principle that size matters.
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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 largest passenger plane.
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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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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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Blog: The gigantic new Airbus A380 could carry up to 1,000 souls.
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An Airbus A380 super-jumbo takes off from southern France on its first test flight with passengers, as 474 of the firm's staff fill the seats.
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The move largely overshadowed news of the initial passenger flight for the worldÂs largest commercial aircraft.
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The Airbus A380 starts a global journey which will take in the North and South Poles on the last of a series of test flights before it applies for its air safety certificate.
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Aero India, the main Indian air show, opens amid great optimism over the country's aviation sector.
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TOULOUSE, France  - Aviation authorities were set on Tuesday to declare Airbus's mammoth new A380 aircraft safe for commercial flight, capping six years of development for the world's largest airliner, which has been hit by production delays.