Air France is set to lift up its 1st A380 Friday from Roissy airport on the Paris/New York route, becoming the first European airway company to put the SuperJumbo Jet into service. The inaugural flight is expected to begin from Paris at 11:45 local time and arrive at New York at 13:20 local time, with 538 passengers on board. Among the passengers are those who bid for seats through eBay, and others who are guests invited by Air France plus executives of the company. Air France’s 1st A380 will fly back from New York this Saturday, a symbolic gesture to reopen the Paris-New York course since its Concorde flight quit the routte in 2003. Air France has ordered 12 of the giant jets from Airbus, each with a capacity of 538 passengers, 9 1st Class, 80 Business Class and 449 Economy Class. The double-decked Airbus A380 made its maiden flight on April 27, 2005 from Toulouse, France, and made its first commercial flight on Oct. 25, 2007 from Singapore to Sydney with Singapore Airlines.
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