03 September 2008

Qantas counts down to first delivery of the A380

Finally some good news for the national carrier!

The first Qantas A380, VH-OQA, departed Hamburg, Germany for Toulouse, France on Saturday 30 August. The 450-seat, four class aircraft will be delivered to Qantas on 19 September ahead of its arrival in Sydney, Australia, on 21 September.

The airline's first commercial A380 service will operate between Melbourne and Los Angeles on 20 October.  Qantas has 20 A380s on order.

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