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Yao takes exclusive flight on China’s first Airbus A380

October 18th, 2011
by John

Raymond reports in the forum that Airbus delivered China’s first Airbus A380 (China Southern Airlines ordered it), and Yao Ming was one of the very first guests to take the inaugural flight on Monday (the 17th) to Guangzhou from Beijing.

The plane arrived in Beijing on October 15th, had a trial flight to Shanghai Pudong on the 16th, and then had its inaugural flight from Beijing to Guangzhou on Monday the 17th .

October 17th, 2011 - The first Airbus 380 arrives in China

October 17th, 2011 - Yao Ming sits in a first class seat on the first Airbus 380 delivered to a Chinese airline

October 17th, 2011 - Yao Ming takes an inaugural flight to Guangzhou

Click here for more photos from the festivities and Yao boarding the flight and getting on the plane.

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