Editing Airbus A380 (section)

===Entry into service===
[[File:Singapore Airlines A380-841 (9V-SKB) landing at Singapore Changi Airport (3).jpg|thumb|An A380 of launch operator [[Singapore Airlines]]]]

Nicknamed ''Superjumbo'',<ref name="BBC-SJ">{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b017ld03|title=BBC Two: 'How to Build a Super Jumbo Wing'|date=23 November 2011|publisher=BBC|access-date=30 December 2011}}</ref> the first A380, MSN003, was delivered to [[Singapore Airlines]] on 15 October 2007 and entered service on 25 October 2007 with flight number SQ380 between [[Singapore Changi Airport|Singapore]] and [[Sydney Airport|Sydney]].<ref name="1st SIA flight">{{Cite news|title=Singapore Airlines – Our History |url=http://www.singaporeair.com/en_UK/about-us/sia-history/ |publisher=Singapore Airlines |date=1 November 2012 |access-date=1 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130209040833/http://www.singaporeair.com/en_UK/about-us/sia-history/ |archive-date= 9 February 2013}}</ref> Passengers bought seats in a charity online auction paying between $560 and $100,380.<ref>{{Cite news|title=A380 superjumbo lands in Sydney|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7061164.stm|publisher=BBC|date=25 October 2007|access-date=30 December 2011}}</ref> Two months later, Singapore Airlines CEO [[Chew Choon Seng|Chew Choong Seng]] stated the A380 was performing better than either the airline or Airbus had anticipated, burning 20% less fuel per seat-mile than the airline's [[Boeing 747-400|747-400]] fleet.<ref name="SIA's Chew: A380 pleases">{{Cite news|title=SIA's Chew: A380 pleases, Virgin Atlantic disappoints |publisher=ATW Online |date=13 December 2007 |url=http://www.atwonline.com/news/story.html?storyID=11132 |access-date=13 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071215175343/http://www.atwonline.com/news/story.html?storyID=11132 |archive-date=15 December 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Emirates' [[Tim Clark (airline executive)|Tim Clark]] claimed that the A380 has better fuel economy at Mach 0.86 than at 0.83,<ref>{{cite web|last=Flottau|first=Jens|title=Emirates A350-1000 Order 'In Limbo'|url=http://aviationweek.com/awin-featured-story/emirates-a350-1000-order-limbo|work=Aviation Week & Space Technology|access-date=22 November 2012|date=21 November 2012|quote=Clark points out that "the faster you fly [the A380], the more fuel-efficient she gets; when you fly at [Mach] 0.86 she is better than at 0.83."}}</ref> and that its technical dispatch reliability is at 97%, the same as Singapore Airlines. Airbus is committed to reach the industry standard of 98.5%.<ref name=techissu>"{{cite web|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/page/A380-In-Service-Report/Airbus-A380-In-Service-Technical-issues/ |title=Technical issues |access-date=19 June 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706100612/http://www.flightglobal.com/page/A380-In-Service-Report/Airbus-A380-In-Service-Technical-issues/ |archive-date=6 July 2015}} Technical Issues", [[Flightglobal]], undated. Retrieved 20 June 2014.</ref>

[[Emirates (airline)|Emirates]] was the second airline to receive the A380 and commenced service between [[Dubai International Airport|Dubai]] and [[John F. Kennedy International Airport|New York]] in August 2008.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Emirates A380 arrives in New York!|date=3 August 2008|url=http://www.gadling.com/2008/08/03/emirates-a380-arrives-in-new-york/|access-date=30 December 2011}}</ref><ref name="1st UAE flight">{{Cite news|title=Emirates A380 Lands at New York's JFK|date=1 August 2008|url=http://news.airwise.com/story/view/1217629915.html|access-date=30 December 2011|archive-date=6 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080806020526/http://news.airwise.com/story/view/1217629915.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Qantas]] followed, with flights between [[Melbourne Airport|Melbourne]] and [[Los Angeles International Airport|Los Angeles]] in October 2008.<ref name="1st QFA flight">{{Cite news|title=Qantas A380 arrives in LA after maiden flight|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/10/21/1224351190665.html|work=The Age|location=Australia|date=21 October 2008|access-date=30 December 2011}}</ref> By the end of 2008, 890,000 passengers had flown on 2,200 flights.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Airbus narrowly meets delivery target of 12 A380s in 2008|work=Flight International|date=30 December 2008|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/12/30/320564/airbus-narrowly-meets-delivery-target-of-12-a380s-in.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215030049/http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/12/30/320564/airbus-narrowly-meets-delivery-target-of-12-a380s-in.html|archive-date=15 February 2009|access-date=30 December 2011}}</ref>

In February 2008, the A380 became the first airliner to fly using synthetic liquid fuel. The fuel is processed from gas to liquid form (GTL fuel). The flight was 3 hours long, taking off from Filton, UK, and landing in Toulouse, France, and was a significant step in evaluating the suitability of sustainable aviation fuels.<ref>{{cite journal | doi=10.1108/aeat.2008.12780caf.007 | title=Airbus A380 commences alternative fuel test flight programme | journal=Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology | year=2008 | volume=80 | issue=3| issn = 0002-2667}}</ref>