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Boozing at 30,000 Feet

cityfile · 08/07/08 11:21AM

If you didn't make it aboard the Airbus A380 last week when it arrived in New York for the first time, there are plenty of photos online to look at, including pics of those faux-marble bathrooms with showers for first-class passengers. The best thing? You can get drunk with the push of a button! [Pics, video @ Flickr]

Coming to America

cityfile · 07/31/08 11:56AM

The very first Airbus A380 "superjumbo" jet is scheduled to fly into JFK tomorrow afternoon, filled to capacity with 489 well-heeled people from Dubai. (It's an Emirates flight.) Great news for the numerous New Yorkers who travel there frequently, sure. Even better news for the city's property owners, who will have likely unloaded half a dozen office towers in Midtown by tomorrow evening. [Crain's]