Photos: Airbus A380 jumbo jet

The presence in premium class of double beds, strewn for the debut with rose petals, prompted The New York Times to say that the Singapore Airlines A380 "sometimes resembles a luxury hotel rather than an airliner".

The A380 departed for Singapore on Tuesday and will enter service on a Singapore-Sydney route at the end of October.

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