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A380, world’s largest plane, will make a stop in Taipei next month as part
of its promotional Asian tour, according to an airport official.
"The A380 will make the promotional landing between
June 8-10 at the Taoyuan International Airport to test the airport's
compatibility and allow people to visit the jet," Huang Chi-ming, an
official from the Taoyuan International Airport, told Deutsche Presse-Agentur.
The airport needs to make some adjustments to its taxiway, which is currently
only 30m wide. A380’ wingspan is 80m, and may have to make some more
reconfigurations if the A380 starts commercial flights to the airport.
On Monday, Airbus Industrie announced the route for A380's
latest demonstration tour. Narita (Japan) June 4-6, to Sydney (Australia) June 6-8 and to Taipei
June 8-10.
"We will evaluate all aircraft types for upgrading our long-haul
fleet," Sun Hung-wen, from CAL's
press office, told dpa.
Airbus Indstrie is scheduled to deliver the first double decked-555 passengers A380,
to the Singapore Airlines in October, followed by delivery to Emirates Airlines
and Qantas.
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