The A380 superjombo to take off in November
by Stewart on 28/09/09 at 11:24 am
Air France’s A380 plane, world’s largest plane, is scheduled take off on November 23rd from Paris. Destination: New York. The tickets for the inaugural flight will be sold by an Internet auction that will take place in October. More than 380 seats are available.
Photo Courtesy of Air France
Starting November 23rd, the A380 “superjombo” will make to daily transatlantic flights, except on Wednesdays:
- flight AF006 will depart Paris-Charles de Gaulle at 1:30 PM, arriving at JFK at 3:45 PM,
- flight AF007 will depart JFK at 7:10 PM, arriving at Paris-Charles de Gaulle at 8:45 AM the next day.
On board, there will be three cabin classes and a total of 538 passengers: 80 seats in Business, 106 seats in Voyageur (Economy) on the upper deck and 9 seats in Premiere (First) and 343 Voyageur (Economy) seats on the main deck. This enormous plane will replace Boeing 747, as the world biggest jumbo, with a total weight of 361 tons. Air France’s inaugural flight was postponed more than two years, due to the complex details of production.
Air France will also use the A380 to operate flights for the Paris – Dubai, Paris – Johannesburg and Paris – Tokyo routes. The company has ordered 12 planes, which will go into service this winter and in the spring of 2010. But Air France is not the first company to use the jumbo. A380′s first commercial flight was Singapore – Sydney, in October 2007, after a similar Internet auction. The price of the tickets ranged from £271 to £50,000! The most expensive ticket was bought by a 38-years-old Briton established in Sydney, who took the 1A seat in the First Class.
Economy Class seats
All the profits will be donated to the Air France “Street Childern” Foundation, for a worthy cause. It’s a historical moment both for the aviation and for the transatlantic transport, something we’re looking forward to.
- flight AF006 will depart Paris-Charles de Gaulle at 1:30 PM, arriving at JFK at 3:45 PM,
- flight AF007 will depart JFK at 7:10 PM, arriving at Paris-Charles de Gaulle at 8:45 AM the next day.
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