Thursday 4 July 2013

British Airways' first double-decker 'superjumbo' touches down at Heathrow | Mail Online

British Airways' first double-decker 'superjumbo' touches down at Heathrow | Mail Online: "British Airways' first double-decker 'superjumbo' touches down at Heathrow
Airbus A380 touched down in Heathrow from Toulouse this morning
Bigger, more spacious, more comfortable, quieter than jets it replaces
First of a double-decker dozen of A380s ordered by British Airways
Comes ahead of fleet going into service in Autumn"
British Airways today has taken delivery of the new double-decker 'superjumbo' which airline bosses say will herald 'a new era' for the nation¿s flagship airline

The vast double decker superjumbo planes can theoretically carry up to 800 people - provided all the passengers are squeezed into narrow economy-sized seats