The Airbus A380 arrived in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou on Wednesday as part of a series of final test flights intended to lead to the superjumbo's air-worthiness certification by the end of the year.
The 555-seater plane landed midday Wednesday at Baiyun Airport in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
The A380 is expected to visit Beijing Thursday, followed by Shanghai.
Airbus has received orders for 166 of the superjumbo jets, including five from China Southern Airlines.
Singapore Airlines is slated to be the first carrier to fly the superjumbo after it receives its first plane in October next year -- a year later than originally planned.
Subsequent deliveries have suffered longer delays, averaging two years.
Airbus and its parent company European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. have blamed wiring problems for the holdups, which they say will wipe euro4.8 billion (US$6.2 billion) off profit over the next four years and are complicating plans for a still-unlaunched mid-size jet to compete with Boeing Co.'s 787.
