Tuesday, March 20, 2007

A380 Lands in JFK & LAX


NEW YORK, March 19 (Reuters) - The world's largest passenger plane makes its debut in the United States on Monday, as two of Airbus' A380 superjumbos head for simultaneous landings in New York and Los Angeles.

The first trans-Atlantic flights for the 555-seat, double-decker plane are part of exercises to ensure that it is compatible with two major U.S. airports, which have spent hundreds of millions of dollars in upgrades to accommodate the giant plane.