Originally Posted by RawAlex

Actually, the A380 has been all over the world a number of times, including a recent visit to Canada (Vancouver) and stops in the arctic in the past for cold weather testing.

I posted a really cool video a while back of them doing crosswind test landings, with the plane coming in literally at a 45 degree angle, and pivoting on a single set of back wheels just as it touched down to point straing down the runway... very cool.

The first passenger flight was about 2 months ago, all people from the factories in europe.

That plane has more bugs that a version 0.001 cms software package.