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The A380 is scheduled to land in the United States of America for the first time at JFK International Airport, New York at 17:30 GMT (12:30 Eastern).
Flightglobal will publish further coverage following the aircraft's touchdown.
On Saturday 17 March, Lufthansa began its commercial route-proving exercise for the new Airbus A380 in cooperation with Airbus.
The twelve-day programme includes several “premieres”.
The route-proving schedule includes the following flights and ground tests:
| Saturday, | 17 March | 11:30 hrs: Touchdown of the Airbus A380 at Frankfurt Airport arriving from Toulouse |
| Sunday, | 18 March | Comprehensive ground tests at Frankfurt Airport |
| Monday, | 19 March | 9:00 hrs: Departure for New York |
| Tuesday, | 20 March | A380 flight from New York to Chicago |
| Wednesday, | 21 March | Return flight to New York |
| Thursday, | 22 March |
Flight from New York to Frankfurt |
| Friday, | 23 March | 15:30 hrs: Flight departs Frankfurt for Hong Kong |
| Saturday, | 24 March | Hong Kong |
| Sunday, | 25 March | Return flight from Hong Kong to Frankfurt, landing at 15:10 hrs 18:00 hrs: Flight departs Frankfurt for Washington |
| Monday, | 26 March | Washington |
| Tuesday, | 27 March | Return flight to Frankfurt 12:00 hrs: Arrival in Frankfurt, further ground tests |
| Wednesday, | 28 March | 11:00 hrs: Flight departs Frankfurt for Munich 12:30 hrs: Arrival in Munich 17:30 hrs: A380 departs Munich for Toulouse |
(All dates in Frankfurt time)
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