I was back in Toulouse, almost a year to date after my last visit to the A380 final assembly line. Besides getting to know the amazing Beluga aircraft, I got to know a few aspects of the A380 programme that escaped me last time.

One of the few, and certainly the most notorious, Western visitors at MAKS air show in Moscow was the Airbus A380. Despite the great reviews it is getting from passengers, airlines seem still reluctant to commit to so much capacity...