The first Airbus A380 super-jumbo to enter commercial service, a plane meant to revolutionise air travel and now being broken up for spare parts, is returning to the skies in an altogether more diminutive form: luggage tags. In this case, the hulking A380, with the manufacturer serial number MSN003, made its maiden commercial flight with Singapore Airlines from the city state to Sydney in October 2007. READ MORE:* The flying turtle: Why the A380 isn't dead yet* Does the Airbus A380 have a future? Airbus announced last year that it would discontinue production of the A380 because of its lacklustre commercial success. Singapore Airlines was the first commercial operator of the A380.

Source: Stuff February 19, 2020 18:56 UTC