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Largest jet to serve YVR

The world's largest airliner will be making daily flights between Vancouver and England this summer.

British Airways' mammoth Airbus A380 landed at Vancouver International Airport Sunday night, making its first non-stop flight between Canada's West Coast and the U.K.

The scheduled flights will run between YVR and London Heathrow through the summer.

The plane can carry 469 passengers in four cabins on two decks.

The flying giant is 73 metres long, with a wingspan of 80 metres.

British Airways previously used two Boeing 747s each day on the route, but a single A380 can carry all the passengers on the nine-hour flight.

– with files from CTV Vancouver



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