The Airbus A380 is set to come to Filton on Monday 26th March. It is already well into a series of technical route proving exercises which will see them visit The States (JFK, LAX, Chicago and Dulles) as part of Lufthansa's order for twelve of the double-deck airliners.

It looks like being a busy week for Airbus at Filton, with the A333-600ST (Super Transporter) expanded fuselage 'Beluga' transport also set to visit the plant for more rehearsal work. The A380 itself is due to land at 12:20pm BST, after first making the traditional flypast.

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