Airbus A380 - World’s Largest Commercial Airliner - Soars Over Glasgow Prestwick Airport

Glasgow Prestwick Airport proudly welcomed the massive Airbus A380 aircraft, the world’s largest commercial airliner, in a spectacular fly past over the Airport on Saturday 5 September. Hundreds of Airport enthusiasts and locals alike gathered at various vantage points near the Airport perimeter to catch a glimpse of the A380 soaring over the Ayrshire skies.

The visit to Glasgow Prestwick Airport by the massive 525-seat, double-deck, wide-body, four-engine superjumbo was part of a spectacular overfly of British airports and production factories, and part of the aircraft’s first appearance over the skies of Scotland.

The A380 performed two approach-and-go manoeuvres over Prestwick Airport in which the aircraft came in as if landing, but then departed before touching down.

Mark Rodwell, Chief Executive Officer of Glasgow Prestwick Airport commented "Glasgow Prestwick Airport is delighted and very proud to welcome the world’s largest commercial airliner to our Airport. Members of the public, Airport enthusiasts and Airport staff alike all shared in their excitement at the opportunity to catch a glimpse of such an impressive aircraft from our local Airport."

"Glasgow Prestwick Airport has a long history of welcoming some of the world’s most unique aircraft, such as the massive Antonov-225, the largest fixed wing aircraft ever built and the US Presidential aircraft Air Force One (during the G8 Summit in 2005), and we will continue to do so."