Thai Airways becomes the ninth airline to receive the world's largest passenger jet, the Airbus A380. The airline has fitted its superjumbo with a total of 507 seats: 12 first-class seats, 60 in ...

But Thai Airways is hardly alone in viewing the A380 as more a part of its past than future — even as the jet still garners the affection of the 300 million passengers who have flown on it since ...

Airbus has said problems with the A380 would result in two-year delivery delays and cost it $6.1bn (£3.3bn). Separately, Thai Airways said it was in partnership talks with Alitalia. Although the ...