Air France rolls out first A380

AIR FRANCE first Airbus A380 has just been rolled out at Hamburg painted with the airline’s new livery.  The ‘plane will start operating a daily Paris-Charles de Gaulle – New York-JFK route in November 2009.  Air France is the first European operator of the A380 and the first to put it into service on the North Atlantic.  The Air France A380 fleet offers three cabin classes.  On the upper deck the business class Affaires cabin has 80 seats, whilst at the rear there are 106 in economy Voyageur.  The main deck has nine first class Première seats and 343 in Voyageur giving a total of 538 passengers.  With a total of 538 seats the AF Super Jumbo will operate at the highest density of any airline yet (more than the now disposed of ANA 505-seat 747).  Emirates offers 489 seats, Qantas 450 and Singapore Airlines 471.  Air France has 12 Airbus A380s on order, four of which will start operating in winter 2009 and spring 2010. www.airfrance.com

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