Birmingham Post - Tag - a380

Airbus A380 drops in to celebrate Birmingham Airport's 70th birthday

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:01:00 GMT

Birmingham International Airport marked its 70th anniversary in the biggest way possible - by welcoming the world’s largest airliner to its runway for the first time.

AWM hails region's supply chain for helping to make Airbus A380

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:47:00 GMT

The Airbus A380 – which landed in Birmingham for the first time on Wednesday – has been described as one of the Midlands’ finest examples of supply chain collaboration.

Superjumbo makes first commercial flight into UK

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:55:00 GMT

Amid pomp and ceremony the world's biggest passenger plane, the Airbus A380 superjumbo, headed for Heathrow airport today on its first commercial flight to Europe.