World's biggest plane hits oz

Singapore Airlines will now fly the A380 superjumbo, which is the world's largest passenger plane, into Melbourne Airport...

The world's largest passenger plane, the A380, has touched down in Melbourne.

The Singapore Airlines jet landed at the Tullamarine Airport half an hour ahead of schedule at about 6:30 (AEST) on Wednesday morning.

The airline is operating its latest A380 route from Melbourne to Singapore, with the jet due to fly back to Singapore later on Wednesday.

The airline now has almost a dozen of the jets operating and was the first airline to fly the plane when it started with the Sydney to Singapore route in October 2007.

Source: www.theage.com.au