World's largest aircraft arrives Zhuhai for Airshow
3/11/2008 16:23
The Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger jet, landed at Zhuhai
Airport today for the 7th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition,
which is taking place from Nov. 4 to 9 in the south China city of Zhuhai,
Guangdong Province.
The aircraft that appears at the show is an Airbus
development with a manufacturer's serial number (MSN) 001. A380 MSN 001 will be
on display and perform a daily demonstration flight from Nov. 4 to 7.
It is
the second visit by the A380 MSN 001 to China. It was one of the two aircrafts
that Airbus sent in May to transport 2,000 tents procured by the Chinese Embassy
in France to Chengdu, capital of Sichuan Province, after the devastating May 12
earthquake.
MSN 001 performed the ever first A380 flight on April 27, 2005.
Having
flown for more than 1,600 flight hours, it has been used to do a
series of technical tests on the quality and performance of the
aircraft.
Nine A380s have been delivered to Singapore Airlines, Emirates and
Qantas.
It is expected that A380 aircraft will be delivered to China Southern
Airlines at the end of of 2009.
Xinhua
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