Participants of a guided airport tour watch an Airbus A380 airplane of Singapore Airlines taking off from Zurich airport on April 14, 2016. (Reuters photo)SINGAPORE - European plane maker Airbus on Wednesday suffered a fresh blow to its A380 superjumbo programme after Singapore Airlines (SIA) said it would not renew the lease on its oldest A380. The A380 is the world's largest civilian airplane, carrying up to 544 passengers in a four-class configuration or 853 in just a single class. Shukor said the decision not to renew the lease was in line with SIA's policy of wanting to run mostly newer aircraft. The airline's fleet of 103 aircraft is among the youngest in the industry with an average age of seven years and seven months, the firm's website said.

Source: Bangkok Post September 14, 2016 14:21 UTC