British Airways Airbus A380 visits Shannon Airport.

British Airways' latest aircraft their first Airbus A380-800 visited Shannon Airport, County Clare, Ireland on Tuesday 30 July 2013. Unfortunately, I couldn't get up there to see it but I saw plenty of pictures of it. The Airbus A380-800 is the world's largest aircraft. The aircraft is a double decker and can seat 853 passengers in a one class Economy configuration, it can seat 644 in a two class Business/First and Economy and can seat 525 in a three class Business, First and Economy configuration. British Airways has 4 classes on it's A380, First Class, Club World Class, World Traveller Plus and World Traveller (Economy). BA have 14 First seats, 97 Club World seats, 55 World Traveller Plus seats and 303 World Traveller seats. British Airways has 469 seats on it's A380. I have a couple of pictures of it's visit to Shannon.

British Airways smallest & largest aircraft nose to nose. LEFT: Airbus A380 & RIGHT: Airbus A318

 

LEFT: Airbus A318 and RIGHT: Airbus A380

 

A380 on finals to Shannon.

 

 A380 preparing for departure.

A380 departs Shannon.