An Airbus A380 plane on Wednesday (Nov 22) arrived in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, second leg of its seven-day trial flight in China after Hong Kong last Saturday.

An Airbus A380 plane lands on the parking apron after its arrival at Guangzhou's Baiyun Airport, south China's Guangdong Province, Nov. 22, 2006. The new Airbus A380 plane landed here on Wednesday to start its trial flights. It will fly to Beijing and Shanghai. (Photo: southcn.com)

The plane with 555 seats, landed at Baiyun Airport of Guangzhou at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday and will fly to Beijing and Shanghai in the tour, according to sources with Airbus China Ltd.

Airbus A380 started trial flight on Nov. 13 and arrived at airports in Singapore and Seoul on Nov. 14 and 15 respectively. The trial flight is aimed to test its function and reliability in world major airports.

The final authentification is expected to be finished in the middle December after its last trial fight over South Africa, Canada, Australia, South Pole and North Pole.

Up to date, five Airbus A380 planes have successfully completed their trial flights and Airbus has received orders for 166 jets from 15 customers, including China Southern Airlines, which ordered five.
A plane flies over an Airbus A380 plane at Guangzhou's Baiyun Airport, south China's Guangdong Province, Nov. 22, 2006.

Editor: Donald