by CNNGo staff
Thai Airways is now the proud owner of its very own A380, becoming the ninth airline to offer flights on the world’s largest passenger aircraft.
Thailand's flag carrier picked up the first of six A380s on order at Airbus headquarters in Toulouse, France, last weekend.
The airplane will service Bangkok-Hong Kong and Bangkok-Singapore routes from October 6 until the delivery of a second aircraft in December, when it will hit the Bangkok-Frankfurt route. (Bangkok-Singapore A380 flights will be dropped, Bangkok-Hong Kong will continue.)
Early next year, Thai Airways will start flying the Airbus A380 on its Bangkok-Narita route, then Bangkok-Paris in February followed by Osaka, Sydney and London flights later in 2013.
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