Singapore Airlines SQ380 commercial flight from Singapore to Sydney took off smoothly and touched down equally smoothly on October 25th, 2007.
It is a historic moment not just for Airbus Industries and Singapore Airlines; it is an important milestone in aviation history and in fact in the history of mankind.
It was Boeing 747 that changed the way humans fly across the countries and the continents; much of today’s globalization, outsourcing, off-shoring, international conferences and multi-national corporations (MNC) would have been meaningless without our ability to fly with the comfort, convenience, reliability and economics that Boeing 747 brought about.
With a quantum jump in fuel efficiency, environmental pollution, noise levels and safety that Airbus 380 brings about, aviation will see further growth making the globe a “smaller village”!
The world’s biggest aircraft (with capacity of up to 850 passengers, though Singapore Airlines plane had much less capacity thanks to luxurious “double-bed” First Class cabins) will lead to new opportunities in ground handling as well.
