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World's biggest passenger aircraft A380 to fly to Beijing ahead of Olympics

The world's biggest aircraft A380 will be operated on one of the three regular flights from Singapore to Beijing during the first week of August to meet the expected surge in passenger numbers during the Olympics. A total of 5.56 mi ... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Thu, May 08 2008

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