The world's largest passenger plane touched down at Chek Lap Kok last night, thrilling aviation fans who gathered to see it arrive.
Ten-year-old Lee Tsz-him, who wants to become a pilot, waited with his mother and younger brother for more than an hour on the airport's observation deck to see the Airbus A380 superjumbo fly in.
'It looks so beautiful. It's so huge,' he said.
Photographer Howard Ching took shots as the plane landed.
'It was gorgeous, and landed smartly,' he said, adding that the sight brought back memories of photographing planes landing at the former Kai Tak airport.
The A380, which arrived on schedule at 6.30pm from Hanoi, will be one of about 10 aircraft on display at the Asian Aerospace International Expo and Congress near the airport before leaving for Seoul on Wednesday. The expo opens today.
But bad weather could scupper today's demonstration flight over Victoria Harbour, which will be delayed until tomorrow if weather conditions are not favourable. A decision was being made this morning on whether to go ahead with the flight or postpone it.