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World's largest passenger plane Airbus A380 arrives in Russia


The A380 plane's basic version is designed to carry 525 passengers in the standard three-class arrangement.

MOSCOW (ITAR-TASS/PTI): The world's largest passenger plane - Airbus A380 - has arrived for the first time in Russia on Friday.

The plane landed at Moscow's Domodedovo international airport where it will stay until Saturday, after which will depart for Seoul to an international aerospace exhibition.

The airliner landed at Domodedovo at 12:00 local time.

During the Airbus A380 stay at Domodedovo its full ground servicing will be carried out. The visit is to demonstrate that the A380 plane successfully complies with the existing airport's infrastructure and to show all the advantages of this plane for air companies and passengers, Prime-Tass reported.

The airliner arriving in Moscow is a plane that took part in the programme of A380 flight tests within the framework of certification of this aircraft. At present it is used for the training of flight personnel of air companies and for testing of advanced systems and equipment and takes part in exhibitions and presentations.

The A380 plane's basic version is designed to carry 525 passengers in the standard three-class arrangement at a distance of up to 15,200 kilometres. Nineteen A380 planes are at present used by three air companies (Singapore Airlines, Emirates and Qantas) performing regular flights to 12 cities of the world. All in all, Airbus has received 200 orders for this model from 16 buyers.

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