Photos of Note: Air France takes delivery of first A380

The late afternoon sunshine in Hamburg set the scene for the handover of the first 538-seat Airbus A380 to Air France. Operating as AFR380V, MSN033 (F-HPJA) departed XFW at 2:39 PM local time for Paris.

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Vidcaps Courtesy of Airbus

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